Nudgee, Queensland

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place|type=suburb | name = Nudgee | city = Brisbane | state = qld | image = St Vincents Rd, Nudgee - September 2014.jpg | caption = St Vincents Road, outside Nudgee Cemetery | coordinates = {{coord|-27.3705|153.09|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Nudgee (centre of suburb)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 13 | pop = 4377 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4014 | area = 3.9 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | lga = City of Brisbane<br />(Northgate Ward)<ref name="NorthgateWard">{{cite web|title=Northgate Ward|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/northgate-ward|website=Brisbane City Council|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312060804/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/northgate-ward|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | stategov = Nudgee | fedgov = Lilley | dist1 = 17.6 <!-- distance by road as per template instructions --> | dir1 = NW | location1 = Brisbane CBD | near-n = Nudgee Beach | near-ne = Nudgee Beach | near-e = Nudgee Beach | near-se = Brisbane Airport | near-s = Brisbane Airport | near-sw = Banyo | near-w = Banyo | near-nw = Boondall }} '''Nudgee''' is a north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|47768|Nudgee|suburb in City of Brisbane|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Nudgee had a population of 4,377 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== Geography == Nudgee is {{convert|17.6|km|mi|0}} north-west by road of the Brisbane CBD.

The suburb is bounded to the north-east by the Gateway Motorway, including Nudgee Golf Club down to Kedron Brook ({{Coord|-27.3767|153.1065|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Kedron Brook}}) which forms the south-east boundary, then along Gateway Motorway, including Nudgee Waterhole Reserve ({{Coord|-27.3760|153.0935|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Waterhole Reserve}}) and roughly following Farnshaw Road and Red Hill Road to the south, and then roughly following the Shorncliffe railway line to the north-west.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

== History == The name ''Nudgee'' is derived from the Yuggera word in the Yugarabul dialect ''nardha'' or ''nedgee'' meaning '' place of ducks'', from ''nar'' meaning ''duck' and ''dha' meaning ''place''.<ref name=qpnl/> left|thumb|St Vincent's Convent, early 1900s St Vincent's Orphanage (also known as Nudgee Orphanage) opened on Queens Road (formerly known as Orphanage Road) on 18 December 1866 with children transferred from St Vicent's Orphanage in New Farm. The orphanage was operated by the Sisters of Mercy and had its own school.<ref name="qfhs3" /> On Sunday 4 January 1885 Bishop Robert Dunne blessed and officially opened a new church and convent in connection with the orphanage.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 January 1885|title=Queensland|volume=XLV|page=3|newspaper=Launceston Examiner|issue=4|location=Tasmania, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38294223|access-date=20 November 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424040745/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38294223|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1935 the orphanage was renamed St Vincent's Home for Children. The school operated until the 1950s after which the children attended local schools.<ref name="qfhs3">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> The home closed in 1971. Having started with 47 children, over 10,500 children lived in the home throughout its operation. The site now accommodates the head office of Mercy Family Services, which provides services to children, adolescents and families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00669|title=St Vincent's Orphanage|website=Find And Connect|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112540/https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00669|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00155|title=St Vincent's Home for Children|website=Find And Connect|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112704/https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00155|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> The buildings of the orphanage complex are listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register ({{coord|-27.3644|153.0940|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Vincent's Orphanage}}).<ref>{{Cite BrisbaneHR|1295|St Vincent's Orphanage (former)|accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>

Nudgee Cemetery was established at 493 St Vincents Road in 1867.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/content.php/history|title=History of Nudgee Cemetery|access-date=8 November 2014|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109002926/http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/content.php/history|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 a crematorium was added with columbarium walls for the placement of ashes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/|title=Nudgee Cemetery|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109002800/http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/content.php/about|title=About the Nudgee Cemetery|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111000/http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/content.php/about|url-status=live}}</ref> left|thumb|New building at Nudgee State School, August 1950 Nudgee State School opened on 28 June 1875 on the western side of Nudgee Road, just south of the junction with Tufnell Road (present day address approx 936 Nudgee Road, {{Coord|-27.3875|153.0863|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nudgee State School (1875-1924)}}) on land donated by Isaac Stuckey (now within the suburb of Banyo).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1889 |title=Sketch plan of country northeast of Brisbane |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-20chain-line-colour-northeast-of-Brisbane-1889.jpg |access-date=24 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716205140/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-20chain-line-colour-northeast-of-Brisbane-1889.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-brisbane-1925.jpg|title=Brisbane|date=1925|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113152702/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-brisbane-1925.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1926 |title=City of Brisbane |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-brisbane-1926.jpg |access-date=24 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212180804/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-brisbane-1926.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27270686|title=Nudgee|date=20 April 1872|newspaper=The Queenslander|access-date=17 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=11|via=Trove|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424040324/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27270686|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1924 frequent flooding of the school building and growth in the local population led to new school buildings being erected at 453 Earnshaw Road. On 31 December 2002 it was closed as part of an amalgamated with Banyo State High School to form Earnshaw State College, which operates from the site of the former high school.<ref name="qfhs3"/><ref name="schoolclosures">{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}}</ref> "A" Block of the former state school is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register ({{Coord|-27.3774|153.0849|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee State School}}) but is now within the suburb of Banyo, just beyond the boundary with Nudgee.<ref>{{Cite BrisbaneHR|230|Nudgee State School A Block|accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref> The Nudgee State School website was archived.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-11 |title=Nudgee State School |url=http://nudgeess.qld.edu.au:80/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211144411/http://nudgeess.qld.edu.au:80/ |archive-date=2003-02-11 |access-date=2022-04-24}}</ref> thumb|St Joseph's College, 2017 St Joseph's College (also known as Nudgee College) opened in January 1891 as a boarding campus of St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.<ref name="qfhs3"/> Some of the buildings of the school are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register but the school is now within the suburb of Boondall, just west of Nundah Creek, which is the boundary separating Boondall from present day Nudgee.<ref>{{cite QHR|16508|St Joseph's Nudgee College|601771|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref> In 1967 the course was increased to 27 holes.

In 1895 a paper was read at Brisbane's Natural History Society meeting at the Queensland Museum about the bora ring identified at Nudgee, described as a circle {{Convert|50|ft||abbr=}} in diameter and sitting {{Convert|18|in||abbr=}} higher than the surrounding land. It was believed there was a second bora ring in the area but it had been lost to farming. Bora rings came in pairs, one for the initiation of young men and the other for communal use.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3610843|title=Natural History, Society|date=8 October 1895|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=17 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=Trove|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424040745/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3610843|url-status=live}}</ref> Circa 2000, the surviving bora ring was thought to be the communal bora ring and being oval in shape with dimensions of {{Convert|21 by 17|m||abbr=}} with an entrance to the west and that the smaller men's initiation bora ring was about {{Convert|500|m||abbr=}} away near Redway Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecn.net.au/~kflesser/heritage/page17.html|title=Nudgee Bora Ring|last=Flesser|first=Kim|date=c. 2000|website=Northgate Ward|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417135911/https://www.ecn.net.au/~kflesser/heritage/page17.html|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> thumb|Plan for the first clubhouse for Nudgee Golf Club, 1930 Nudgee was part of the Shire of Toombul until 1925 when the shire was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.

Nudgee Golf Club was established on 18 January 1930 on land formerly used for grape growing by the Childs family. The first clubhouse opened on 21 January 1931. Initially the course had nine holes, which increased to 16 holes in 1950. On 6 November 1954 the club opened its new clubhouse.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217749869|title=Low-Fee Golf Club Builds £20,000 Home|date=1 September 1954|newspaper=Brisbane Telegraph|access-date=17 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=50 (Last Race)|via=Trove|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424040811/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217749869|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50624881|title=Pros., amateurs in golf event|date=10 November 1954|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|access-date=17 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=12|via=Trove}}</ref> In 1985 the Queensland Government wanted to resume part of the golf club's land to construct the Gateway Arterial Road (now the Gateway Motorway). Following two years of negotiations an arrangement was reached in which the government made additional land available to the south to compensate for the resumed land, enabling the course to be extended to 36 holes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nudgeegolf.com.au/history/|title=History|website=Nudgee Golf Club|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228123430/http://www.nudgeegolf.com.au/history/|archive-date=28 February 2020|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

In 1971 the Banyo Devils Rugby League Club opened beside the Bora Ring on Childs Road in Nudgee ({{Coord|-27.3722|153.0931|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Banyo Devils Rugby League Club}}).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://banyorlc.wixsite.com/banyorlcsponsorship/about|title=About|website=Banyo Devils Rugby League Club|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417133812/https://banyorlc.wixsite.com/banyorlcsponsorship/about|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

Circa 2014, Nudgee was one of the first suburbs in the Brisbane area to be connected to the National Broadband Network.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2014 |title=Nudgee Fixed-line Serving Area |url=https://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/maps/nudgee-qld-rollout-map-4ndg.pdf |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=NBNCo |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421091244/https://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/maps/nudgee-qld-rollout-map-4ndg.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mynbninfo">{{cite web |title=mynbn.info NBN Status |url=http://www.mynbn.info/fsa/4NDG |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085513/http://www.mynbn.info/fsa/4NDG |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics== In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Nudgee recorded a population of 2,856 people; 53% female and 47% male. The median age of the Nudgee population was 37 years of age, which was the same as the national median. Children aged under 15 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population. 78% of people living in Nudgee were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, England 2.5%, India 2.3%, Philippines 1.8%, Ireland 0.9%. 88.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.3% Filipino, 1.1% Punjabi, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.6% German, 0.6% Mandarin.<ref name=Census2011>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31254|name=Nudgee (SSC)|access-date=20 May 2024|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Nudgee had a population of 3,578 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32212|name=Nudgee (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Nudgee had a population of 4,377 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32193|name=Nudgee (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

==Heritage listings== Nudgee has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

* 10 Hayden Street: Carew Farmhouse<ref name="BHR1291">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1291|Carew Farmhouse|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 15 Hayden Street: Child's Vineyard Residence (also known as Toombul Vineyards)<ref name="BHR1292">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1292|Child's Vineyard Residence|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 61 Hayden Street: Nudgee School of Arts & Row of Trees<ref name="BHR1293">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1293|Nudgee School of Arts & Row of Trees|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 26 Oakmere Street: Glendalough<ref name="BHR1294">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1294|Glendalough|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 131 Queens Road: former St Vincent's Orphanage<ref name="BHR1295">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1295|St Vincent's Orphanage (former)|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 18 Railway Street: Fleming Farmhouse<ref name="BHR1296">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1296|Fleming Farmhouse|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 40 St Achs Street: Cox's Cottage<ref name="BHR1297">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1297|Cox's Cottage|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 44 St Achs Street: Emoh<ref name="BHR1298">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1298|Emoh|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> * 491 St Vincents Road: Nudgee Cemetery<ref name="BHR1299">{{cite BrisbaneHR|1299|Nudgee Cemetery|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref>

==Transport== thumb|Nudgee railway station, 2013 Nudgee is served by the Nudgee railway station ({{Coord|-27.3661|153.0835|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee railway station}}) on the Shorncliffe railway line and provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and beyond.

In the 2011 census, 18.0% of employed people traveled to work on public transport and 60.3% by car (either as driver or as passenger).

==Facilities== thumb|Nudgee Cemetery entrance.jpg Nudgee cemetery is located on St Vincents Road ({{Coord|-27.3697|153.0901|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Cemetery}}) and is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. It is the largest private cemetery in Brisbane. Although most people buried there are Catholics, non-Catholics can also be buried there.<ref name="home">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium|url=http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/|access-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109002800/http://www.nudgeecemetery.com.au/|archive-date=9 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nudgee Golf Club is at 1207 Nudgee Road ({{Coord|-27.3730|153.0989|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Golf Club}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nudgeegolf.com.au/contact|title=Contact Us|date=17 April 2020|website=Nudgee Golf Club|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228123959/http://www.nudgeegolf.com.au/contact/|archive-date=28 February 2020|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

Despite its name, the Banyo Devils Rugby League Club is at 51 Childs Road in Nudgee ({{Coord|-27.3722|153.0931|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Banyo Devils Rugby League Club}}).<ref name=":0" />

== Education == There are no schools within the suburb. Earnshaw State College is both the nearest primary and secondary school in neighbouring Banyo.<ref name="globe" />

== Attractions == Tours of Indigenous culture including the bora ring and the Nudgee waterhole are available ({{Coord|-27.3718|153.0945|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nyanda tours of the bora ring}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyandaculturaltours.com.au/visitor-tours/|title=Visitor tours|date=2017-09-24|website=Nyanda|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141141/https://www.nyandaculturaltours.com.au/visitor-tours/|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Nudgee, Queensland}} * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/nudgee|title=Nudgee|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}} * {{cite web|title=Nudgee |work=BRISbites |url=http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=146&topic=1 |publisher=Brisbane City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724012745/http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=146&topic=1 |archive-date=24 July 2008 }} * {{cite web|title=Nudgee |work=Our Brisbane |url=http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/nudgee/home/ |publisher=Brisbane City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914013528/http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/nudgee/home/ |archive-date=14 September 2007 }}

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