Booval, Queensland
| Booval Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Cameron Park, 2015 | |||||||||||||
  Booval | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°36′51.69″S 152°47′19.90″E / 27.6143583°S 152.7888611°ECoordinates: 27°36′51.69″S 152°47′19.90″E / 27.6143583°S 152.7888611°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,688 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4304 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Booval is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, containing both residential and commercial areas. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 2,688.[1]
Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd.
The origin of the suburb name is from the Kabi Aboriginal dialect meaning frilled lizard.[2]
The first large-scale cotton crops in Queensland were grown at Booval in the 1860s.[3]
Heritage listings
Booval has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Green Street: Booval War Memorial[4]
- 14 Cothill Road: Booval House[5]
Transport
Booval railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane, Ipswich and Rosewood via Ipswich.
Education
- Sacred Heart Catholic School
Parks and sports facilities
- Cameron Park
- Basketball Ipswich
- Booval Bowls Club
The Booval Swifts rugby league football club bears the suburb's name. During the 1920s, two of Booval's players, Dan Dempsey and Arthur Henderson were selected to represent Australia. The club has also produced other such notable players as Des Morris and Kevin Walters.
Places of worship
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cothill Rd
- Uniting Church, Glebe Rd
- Anglican Church, Brisbane Rd
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Booval (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ Place name details
- ↑ Beryl Johnston (29 March 2015). "Cotton an important crop in early Ipswich". Queensland Times. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Booval War Memorial (entry 600550)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ↑ "Booval House (entry 600549)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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