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Nundah is one of Brisbane’s most historic suburbs. Explore the events and places that have shaped it on the heritage trail.

About the Nundah Heritage Trail 

Discover why Nundah is one of Brisbane’s most historic suburbs on the Nundah Heritage Trail.

The trail highlights some of the suburb’s most important heritage places and historic sites, including:

  • early European settlement
  • the impact of World War II 
  • Queensland’s early pineapple industry.

Nundah Heritage Trail map

There are 18 points of interest on this heritage trail, starting at Toombul Shire Hall and concluding at the remnants of Toombul shopping centre.

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Note

Some parts of this trail are steep and may not be easily accessible for people with limited mobility.

For addresses of all trail stops and suggested route between stops, download the trail guide.

Points of interest

1141 Sandgate Road, Nundah

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Toombul Shire Hall Nundah School of Arts, 1961 (Brisbane City Council)
About this stop
This hall was constructed in 1891 for the Toombul Divisional Board municipal offices.

Sandgate Road, Nundah

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Sandgate Road Example of a Cobb and Co. carriage outside the Pimpama Hotel, c. 1875 (State Library of Queensland)
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Sandgate Road was used by Cobb & Co. carriages between Brisbane and Sandgate.

1259 Sandgate Road, Nundah

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Royal Hotel Royal Hotel, Nundah, c. 1929 (State Library of Queensland)
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It was built in 1888 for publican John North at a time when Nundah was fast becoming a bustling township.

1279 - 1285 Sandgate Road, Nundah

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Opened in 1918, the Imperial Picture Pavilion originally showed silent films before being demolished in 1965.

Corner of Sandgate Road and Nundah Bypass Tunnel, Nundah

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First Free Settlers Monument First Free Settlers Monument, 1938 (University of Queensland)
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This monument celebrates the arrival of the first free European settlers in Queensland at Nundah.

Corner of Sandgate Road and Wood Street, Nundah

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Nundah Air Raid Shelter Floor plan of a Brisbane air raid shelter, 1941 (Brisbane City Council Archives)
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Built in 1942, Nundah Air Raid Shelter was constructed due to the possibility of Japanese bombing raids.

10 Chapel Street, Nundah

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Nundah Baby Clinic Original design for Nundah Baby Clinic, 1933 (Queensland State Archives)
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Built in 1934, it provided babies and new mothers with health care.

11 Boyd Street, Nundah

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The Salvation Army Hall Page 16 of the Sunday Mail, 24 August 1952
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The hall was constructed in 1952, after the previous hall was destroyed in a cyclone in 1948.

41 Bage Street, Nundah

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Nundah State School German Station School, Plans, Undated (Queensland State Archives)
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Nundah State School was established in 1865.

End of Dalziel Street, Nundah

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Tufnell Home Orphanage Telegraph, 18 June 1936
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The Tufnell Home orphanage operated from 1901 to 1970s.

65 Bage Street, Nundah

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Corpus Christi Catholic Church Sir James Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane, undated (State Library of Queensland)
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Corpus Christi Catholic Church is one of the best examples of Romanesque Revival architecture in Queensland.

133 Buckland Road, Nundah

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Nundah Memorial Park Nundah Memorial Park, 1921 (Brisbane City Council)
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This park is dedicated to the men and women from the district that fought in World War I and II.

9 Union Street, Nundah

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Nundah Fire Station Fire Observation Tower at Nundah, undated (State Library of Queensland)
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This fire station was built in 1936.

Buckland Road, Nundah

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Pineapples Crop of pineapples in Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland, c. 1895 (State Library of Queensland)
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Pineapples were first introduced to Queensland by German missionaries and grown in Nundah from 1838.

In the vicinity of Hedley Avenue and Walkers Way, Nundah

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Zion Hill Old missionary cottages on Zion’s Hill, Nundah, c. 1895 (State Library of Queensland)
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Site of the first free European settlement, several kilometres away from the penal settlement at Moreton Bay.

40 Hedley Avenue, Nundah

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Aboriginal History Tree-lined banks of Kedron Brook, Toombul, c. 1910 (State Library of Queensland)
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‘Nundah’ is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning ‘a chain of waterholes’.

86 Hedley Avenue, Nundah

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Nundah Cemetery Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane, 1846 (State Library of Queensland)
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Established in the 1840s, Nundah Cemetery is the oldest surviving cemetery in Queensland.

1015 Sandgate Road, Nundah

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Toombul shopping centre Toombul Shoppingtown, 1969 (Brisbane City Council)
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Opened in 1967, Toombul shopping centre was the first shopping centre built in Queensland with air-conditioning. It was demolished following damage from the 2022 floods.