Street Name Register

Jindalee Last updated : June 2016

JINDALEE Parish - Oxley, County- Stanley. (established - September 1962 – 1st Centenary suburb)

Originally named by Queensland Place Names Board on 21 November 1963.

Name and boundaries confirmed by Minister for Survey and Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs on 11 August 1975.

Suburb name Jindalee is an (imported) Aboriginal word from New South Wales, language and dialect unknown, supposed to indicate “bare hills” or “skin and bone”. Jindalee is bordered by the Brisbane River to the north and west, by the Centenary Highway to the east and Mt Ommaney to the south. History Until 1959 the general area was in the hands of 170 individual land owners and most of it was farming land. Located on the outskirts of Brisbane, Jindalee was an experiment in large scale development which succeeded. It was developed as Centenary Estates by L J Hooker - named ‘Centenary’ to coincide with Queensland’s Centenary year.

JINDALEE A Amazons Place Arakoola Street Arrabri Avenue (Allawoona Street) renamed Bareena

Submitted by developer - amusement water park nearby Maybe “arkoola” Aboriginal word for “hair” (A.W. Reed) or Aboriginal word for “in front” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “top of the hill” former name Doonkuna Street meaning “rising” (pre 1969 - BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “place in the vicinity” renamed Bareena Street, 1966 (BCC Archives)

B Balanda Street Bangalee Street Bareena Street

Boorana Street Burrendah Road

Maybe from “balanada” meaning “white man’s settlement” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word for “the shoalhaven river” (S.E. Endacott) Maybe “barina” Aboriginal word for “summit” (A.W. Reed) or “light tea tree” (S.E. Endacott) - formerly known as Allawoona St. Aboriginal word for “smoke” (A.W. Reed, S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “place of the swan” (S.E. Endacott)

C Canowie Road Canowindra Street Capitol Drive Carrak Close Cartela Street Carwell Street Chipala Street Choopa Street Cobbadah Street Cohuna Street Combabula Street Conargo Street Coolaroo Crescent Coombell Street Coonardoo Close Cooradilla Street Corraki Street Cooranga Street Coree Close Cowangah Street

Curragundi Road

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Aboriginal word meaning “stony waterhole” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “a home” (S.E. Endacott) Developer’s submission Aboriginal word meaning “magpie” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “seal” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “a large lake” Aboriginal word meaning “whistling duck” (A.W. Reed, S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “small lizard” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “place on a hill” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “native companion” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “ “ (Qld Place Name request) Maybe from Aboriginal word “kanargo” meaning “wood duck” (J. H. Sugden) Aboriginal word for “star” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “bunyip in water” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word ???? (Qld Place Names request) Aboriginal word meaning “eagle hawk” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “wild turkey” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “come on” (S.E. Endacott) or “blue gum tree” (Grandpa Pencil, online) Aboriginal word meaning “charcoal” (J. H. Sugden) May be from Aboriginal word “cowan” meaning “big water; uncle” (A.W. Reed) – combination word ? (Qld Place Names request) Aboriginal word meaning “a waterhole” or “place of many spiders” (S.E. Endacott)

JINDALEE E Elinga Street

Aboriginal word meaning “rain” (S.E. Endacott)

F G Gareel Street

Aboriginal word meaning “leaf” (S.E. Endacott)

H I J Jarup Street Jeeree Street Jeetho Street Jenee Street Jimburn Street Jindalee Street Jindivick Street Jirrah Street

Jumbuck Street

Aboriginal word “the Jarrah tree” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “finch” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “to leave” (A.W. Reed) or “depart” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “forehead” Aboriginal word “jimbirn” meaning “brow band” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word for “bare hills” or “skin and bones” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word “jindivik” meaning “burst asunder” (BCC Archives) Maybe from Aboriginal word “jirra” meaning “kangaroo” or “dilly” (bag for holding possessions usually made of grass, cord or fur although dilly means bag, usual term is dilly bag). Dilly was originally fine wood dust, and the dilly bag was used to carry sticks and tinder for firemaking, and the term extended to other bags (A.W. Reed) or “kangaroo” (S.E. Endacott, Grandpa Pencil - online) or “jirra” meaning “turkey quail” (J. H. Sugden) Aboriginal word for “sheep”, a corruption of “jombock”(A.W. Reed) When the aboriginals first saw sheep, they compared them to white clouds (A.W. Reed); or “sheep” (S.E. Endacott, Grandpa Pencil – online)

K Kangaloon Street Kirami Street Kooringal Drive

Aboriginal word meaning “kangaroo feeding place’ (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “a camp” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “home near the water” (S.E. Endacott)

L Lanena Street Looranah Street

Aboriginal word meaning “day” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “brushwood” (A.W. Reed, S.E. Endacott)

JINDALEE M Mankinna Street Menyan Place Millewa Close Minyara Street Mirimiri Close

Moolanda Street Moolingal Street Moomba Street Moorilla Place Mooroa Street Mount Ommaney Drive

Mukine Street Mulawa Street Mundoo Street Murial Close Murna Street Murragong Street Myoora Place

Aboriginal word meaning “happy” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “moon” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “the Murray River” or “big water” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “cool” (S.E. Endacott) May be from Aboriginal “merri” meaning “stone” (A.W. Reed) or “mirri” meaning “dog” (Grandpa Pencil – online, S.E. Endacott) or “mirra” meaning “camp” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “on the far side” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “white-throat bird” (S.E. Endacott, Grandpa Pencil - online) May be from Aboriginal word “moombah” meaning “blowing” (A.W. Reed) Aboriginal word meaning “pebbly ridge” (S.E. Endacott) May be from Aboriginal word “moora” meaning “nose” (A.W. Reed) John Mansel OMMANNEY, nephew of Dr Simpson of Wolston, was killed when thrown from a horse near what is now known as Mt Ommaney. In 1966 also known in part as Kooringal Drive (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “fern” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “tree shadows” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word “mundoo” meaning “owl” (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word ???? Aboriginal word meaning “big, great, many, much” (A.W. Reed) or “great, plenty” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “good” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “restful place” (S.E. Endacott) (BCC Archives)

N Nero Close Noolinga Street

Roman Emporer named “Nero” (Request of developer and Qld Place Names) Aboriginal word meaning “darkness, dark” (S.E. Endacott)

O P Pamaroo Crescent Pantheon Street Patanga Street Pavilions Close

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Aboriginal word (Requested by developer and Qld Place Names) The Pantheon (now in ruins) – ancient temple to the gods in Rome. (Requested by developer) Aboriginal word meaning “place of gum trees” (S.E. Endacott)

JINDALEE R S Sinnamon Road

Pioneering family of Sinnamon

T Tallaroon Street Tangara Street Timbarra Crescent Trevi Street

Aboriginal word meaning “wattle bird” (J. H. Sugden) Aboriginal word meaning “to go” (S.E. Endacott) (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “grass-tree” (S.E. Endacott) The famous Trevi Fountain in Rome

U Umina Street

Aboriginal word meaning “to rest” (S.E. Endacott)(BCC Archives)

V W Warandoo Street Warili Street (Wondaroo Street) Wongaburra Street

Aboriginal word meaning “pelican” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “lonely track” (S.E. Endacott) Aboriginal word meaning “green & yellow snake (BCC Archives) Aboriginal word meaning “our home” (S.E. Endacott)(BCC Archives)

X Y Yallambee Road Yarrimbah Street

Z

Aboriginal word meaning “to dwell at ease” (S.E. Endacott) May be from Aboriginal word “yarrumba” meaning “boomerang” (A.W. Reed) or “clumps of trees” (A.W. Reed, S.E. Endacott)