North Booval is a suburb of

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in the

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, Australia. In the , North Booval had a population of 3,175 people.

Geography

North Booval is bounded to the north and west by the Bremer River, to the east by Bundamba Creek, and to the south by the

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. The land use is predominantly residential, except for the northern river flats which is used for

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on native vegetation.

History

Trinity Ipswich Uniting Church was formed in July 1970 as a cooperative parish of a number of Ipswich churches: * Booval Congregational Church, originally located on the corner of Brisbane Road and South Station Road until December 1969, and then at a house on the corner of Sloman Street and South Station Road where it closed in July 1970 * North Booval Presbyterian Church in Bridge Street * North Booval Methodist Church in Tuggerah Street The cooperative parish operated from a number of its predecessors' premises until a new church building at 114 Jacaranda Street was dedicated on 15 September 1973. During the 1974 floods, the Bridge Street church was used to store contents from flooded homes and as an office for people requiring assistance because of the floods. It was later moved to the Jacaranda Street site as a hall, while the Tuggerah Street church was moved to the Jacaranda Street site as a kindergarten. Following the amalgamation of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches into the

Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Uni ...

in 1977, the co-operative parish was renamed Trinity Uniting Church. In August 1980, East Ipswich Uniting Church congregation in Chermside Road joined Trinity Uniting Church. Later Bundamba Uniting Church and Blackstone Uniting Church also joined Trinity Uniting Church which was then renamed Trinity Ipswich Uniting Church. In the , North Booval had a population of 3,175 people.

Transport

North Booval is serviced by Booval railway station, which is located on its southern border.

Parks and sports facilities

*MJ Kinnane Park *Rossner-Gibney Park *Jack Barkley Park *Fail Park

Amenities

Trinity Uniting Church is at 114 Jacaranda Street. It is part of the Bremer-Brisbane Presbytery, and is one of four congregations co-operating together as the Uniting Churches of Ipswich. The congregation includes people from the Pacific Island nation of

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

, which holds services in their

Niuean language Niuean (; ) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian languages such as Māori, Samoan, and Haw ...

on some weeks and joins with the main congregation for shared worship in other weeks. Vision Christian Family is in Gledson Street.

Education

There are no schools in North Booval. The nearest primary school is Ipswich East State School is East Ipswich. The nearest secondary school is

Bundamba State Secondary College Bundamba State Secondary College (formerly Bundamba State High School) is a public secondary school in the Ipswich suburb of Bundamba, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1970 and named after its situated suburb of Bundamba. It is ...

Bundamba Bundamba is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Bundamba had a population of 6,514 people. Geography The Bremer River forms the western part of the suburb's northern boundary. The Warrego Highway enter ...

References

External links

* {{Ipswich City Suburbs of Ipswich, Queensland