Geebung, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Geebung
city = Brisbane
state = qld


caption =
lga = City of Brisbane
postcode = 4034
pop = 4067 (2001 census)
area = 4
est =
propval = $295,000 [ [http://www.reiq.com.au/BuySellRent/community_view.asp?suburb_id=78 Geebung] , accessed 27 November 2006]
stategov = Nudgee
Stafford
Aspley
fedgov = Lilley
dist1 = 12
location1= Brisbane
near-nw = Zillmere
near-n = Boondall
near-ne = Boondall
near-w = Aspley
near-e = Virginia
near-sw = Chermside
near-s = Wavell Heights
near-se = Virginia

Geebung is a suburb of northern Brisbane, Australia. It is centred around its railway station on the Caboolture Railway line.

The suburb is named after the Geebung tree of the genus "Persoonia" which was previously known as the Geebong.

Transport

Geebung railway station and Sunshine railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.

Further reading

* "Geebong Story - Being the history of Geebung and including the Zillman's Waterholes, Sandgate, Downfall Creek, Deadman's Gully, Cabbage Tree Creek, Happy Valley and Virginia from early settlement to the end of World War I." by Kath Ballard, Geebung Qld 1995.

* "Geebung Story: The Next Fifty Years - Being the history of Geebung (with other name for three years) and surrounding north side suburbs including Nundah, Albion, Zillmere, Virginia, Chermside and Sandgate. Embracing Brisbane to the Pine River and beyond and to the bayside areas with an enormous amount of WW2 years of both Australian and American, including a previously unrecorded Chermside Camp map with story and photographs. Every page with names, names, names." by Kath Ballard, Geebung Qld 1998.

References

External links

* [http://www.viridans.com/plpics/2460aje1.jpgPicture of Geebung tree with fruit] .
* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/geebung ourbrisbane.com - Geebung]