Booval, Queensland
| Booval Ipswich, Queensland |
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| Population: | 20,540 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4304 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Booval is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, containing both residential and commercial areas.
Booval straddles Brisbane Rd, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Rd, 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 largest privately owned business in Booval is Llewellyn Motors.
The origin of the suburb name is from the Kabi Aboriginal dialect meaning frilled lizard.[2]
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[edit] Transport
Booval railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane, Ipswich and Rosewood via Ipswich.
[edit] Education
- Sacred Heart Catholic School
[edit] 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.
[edit] Places of worship
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cothill Rd
- Uniting Church, Glebe Rd
- Anglican Church, Brisbane Rd
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Booval (Ipswich City) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC31067&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ Place name details
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Coordinates: 27°36′51.69″S 152°47′19.90″E / 27.6143583°S 152.788861°E
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