Murrumba Downs
About Murrumba Downs
Located east of Kallangur, Murrumba Downs is a residential suburb bounded by Fresh water creek and the North Pine River. Surrounding suburbs include Griffin, Mango Hill, Kallangur, and Bray Park.
Educational services in Murrumba Downs include Murrumba State Secondary College, Living Faith Lutheran Primary School and Undurba State School. Additional schools are located in neighbouring suburbs.
Facilities in Murrumba Downs include the Murrumba Downs Shopping Centre, a public swimming pool and the Murrumba Downs train station.
Things to see and do in Murrumba Downs
- North Pine River
History of Murrumba Downs
Originally part of Kallangur, Murrumba Downs was gazetted as a new suburb in 1979.
Murrumba Downs is on land that was part of the Murrumba property, bought by Thomas Petrie in 1858 and farmed by his family for almost 100 years. The name Murrumba was derived from the Yuggera word in the Yugarabul dialect meaning good or good place.
Murrumba Downs was predominantly farmland used for dairying, vegetable growing and pineapples. Rural activities continued until the 1980s, when development started in the area.
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