Murrumba Downs is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

Moreton Bay Regional Council The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires ...

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, Australia. In the 2021 Census, Murrumba Downs had a population of 10,795 people.

Geography

Murrumba Downs is located east of

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on the

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by road north of the

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. It is bounded by Fresh Water Creek to the north, the

North Pine River The North Pine River is a minor river located in South East Queensland, Australia. Location and features The North Pine River rises in the D'Aguilar Range in the Mount Mee State Forest, approximately northwest of Brisbane, and flows generally ...

to the south and Bruce Highway to the east.

History

Murrumba Downs is on land that was part of the Murrumba property, bought by

Thomas Petrie Thomas Petrie (31 January 1831 – 26 August 1910) was an Australian explorer, gold prospector, logger, and grazier. He was a Queensland pioneer. Early life Petrie was born at Edinburgh, fourth son of Andrew Petrie and brother of John. His f ...

about 1858 and farmed by his family for almost 100 years. The name Murrumba was derived from the

Yuggera word The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, and other variants, are the Australian Aboriginal people who spoke the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompassed a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the te ...

in the Yugarabul dialect meaning ''good'' or ''good place''. Undurba State School opened 23 January 1978. Living Faith Lutheran Primary School opened on 11 January 2001. In the , Murrumba Downs recorded a population of 9,393 people: 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Murrumba Downs population was 35 years, 2 years below the national median of 37. 76.2% of people living in Murrumba Downs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.6%. 89.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Hindi, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Tagalog.

Murrumba State Secondary College Murrumba State Secondary College is an independent coeducational public secondary school based in Murrumba Downs in the local government area of the City of Moreton Bay, north of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland ) , nickname = ...

opened on 1 January 2012. In the , Murrumba Downs had a population of 10,681 people.

Education

Undurba State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 49-57 Ogg Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,010 students with 72 teachers (64 full-time equivalent) and 46 non-teaching staff (29 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program. Living Faith Lutheran Primary School is an independent primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 50 Brays Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 508 students with 32 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 30 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent). Murrumba State Secondary College is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 201-207 Goodfellows Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,387 students with 107 teachers (103 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (28 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. It was the first secondary site in Queensland to introduce Year 7 into Junior Secondary as part of the Flying Start initiative.

Transport

Murrumba Downs railway station, Brisbane, Jan 2017

Murrumba Downs railway station Murrumba Downs railway station is located on the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Murrumba Downs in the Moreton Bay Region opening on 4 October 2016. Services Murrumba Downs is served by trains ...

on the

Redcliffe Peninsula railway line The Redcliffe Peninsula line is a 12 km stretch of heavy gauge dual-track railway between Petrie and Kippa-Ring on the Redcliffe peninsula. The new line is part of Queensland Rail's City suburban network, branching from the North ...

opened on 4 October 2016.

Recreation

The John Oxley Reserve was named after the

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Surveyor-General

John Oxley John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two exp ...

. In 1823, Oxley rescued shipwrecked ex-convicts Pamphlett and Finnegan, who told him about a large river, meaning the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...

, but led Oxley to the Pine River by mistake. Oxley named it "Deception River" because of this. The party travelled upstream to Oxley's Inlet. The reserve is a popular place for bush walking, social gatherings and children's activities.

References

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* {{Moreton Bay Region Suburbs of Moreton Bay Region