16-560: Download coordinates as: Nindooinbah is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Nindooinbah had a population of 95 people. Nindooinbah occupies a part of the upper Albert River valley where Cainbable Creek joins the river. The Albert River also marks portions of both the eastern and western borders. In the east of the locality the slopes of Mount Witheren reach more than 550 metres (1,800 ft) above sea level. Farming dominates
32-523: A population of 80 people. In the 2021 census , Nindooinbah had a population of 95 people. Nindooinbah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: There are no schools in Nindooinbah. The nearest primary schools are Beaudesert State School in neighbouring Beaudesert to the north-west, Canungra State School in neighbouring Canungra to the north-east, and Darlington State School in Darlington to
48-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
64-624: A standalone school, with a name change on 1 January 2001 from 'Helensvale State High School, Tamborine Mountain Campus' to 'Tamborine Mountain State High School', and was given its independence, becoming a full-fledged high school in its own right by 2002. The first group of Year 12s graduated in 2002. In 2019, Tamborine Mountain State High School principal Tracey Brose launched defamation action against five parents, claiming more than $ 1 million in damages for comments made about her on Facebook and
80-432: Is also known by its Yugumbir name Bingingerra . In Aboriginal lore, the mountain represents the body of turtle Bingingerra, who died on that location after a battle with sea creatures. The name Nindooinbah (also spelled Nindooimbah ) is derived from the name of Nindooinbah pastoral run of 1842/3, based on Aboriginal words: nguin meaning charcoal / cinders , doan meaning black' and ba meaning place , indicating
96-635: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Tamborine Mountain State High School Tamborine Mountain State High School is a co-educational , state secondary school located in Tamborine Mountain , in
112-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
128-639: The Scenic Rim Region , Queensland , Australia . It is administered by the Department of Education . In 2023, it had an enrolment of 898 students and a teaching staff of 85, as of 2023. Tamborine Mountain State High School originally opened its doors on 29 January 1990, under the name Helensvale State High School. In 1999, Tamborine Mountain State High School opened as an annex of Helensvale State High School, known as 'Helensvale State High School, Tamborine Mountain Campus' from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000. By 2001, Tamborine Mountain State High School became
144-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
160-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
176-498: The lower central areas along two main roads aligned in a north–south direction. The locality is bounded to the east by the Canungra Range . Mount Witheren is part of the range on the north-eastern boundary of the locality ( 28°03′06″S 153°06′15″E / 28.0517°S 153.1042°E / -28.0517; 153.1042 ( Mount Witheren (Bingingerra) ) ), rising to 568 metres (1,864 ft) above sea level It
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#1732890862626192-472: The neighbourhood of Nerang , Southport , and Coomera . This large land holding was cut up into smaller properties. In 1877, 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) was resumed from the Nooininbah and Kerrylarabah pastoral runs and offered for selection on 17 April 1877. Eventually Nindooimbah was reduced to an area of about 18,000 acres (7,300 ha; 73 km), of which a further 9,500 acres (3,800 ha; 38 km)
208-457: The place of the remains of a fire . The Nindooimbah pastoral run was originally selected in the early 1840s by Alfred Compigne , and was subsequently purchased by William Duckett White . The White family variously owned and leased the whole of the land from the present town of Beaudesert as well as a large proportion of the land running from Beaudesert to the shores of the Pacific Ocean , in
224-521: The south. The nearest secondary schools are Beaudesert State High School in neighbouring Beaudesert to the north-west and Tamborine Mountain State High School in Tamborine Mountain to the north-east. [REDACTED] Media related to Nindooinbah, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
240-472: Was known as the Kerry Paddocks, which have been subdivided into twenty-six dairy farms. Nindooinbah State School opened on 12 May 1913. It closed on 24 January 1965. It was at 540 Nindooinbah Estate Road ( 28°04′29″S 153°02′54″E / 28.07461°S 153.04834°E / -28.07461; 153.04834 ( Nindooinbah State School (former) ) ). In the 2016 census , Nindooinbah had
256-531: Was sold to William Collins. On 7 May 1906 at Beaudesert School of Arts, auctioneers Isles, Love & Co offered 26 dairy farms, ranging in area from 118 to 1,223 acres (48 to 495 ha; 0.48 to 4.95 km), totalling 6,092 acres (2,465 ha; 24.65 km) in the Nindooimbah Estate along the Albert River and Kerry Creek (in present-day southern Nindooinbah and northern Kerry ). The section for sale
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