Nindooinbah, Queensland


Nindooinbah is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

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 above sea level. Farming dominates the lower central areas along two main roads aligned in a north/south direction.

History

The name Nindooinbah 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 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 the neighbourhood of Nerang, Southport, and Coomera. This large land holding was cut up into smaller properties. In 1877, 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, of which a further 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, totalling in the Nindooimbah Estate along the Albert River and Kerry Creek. The section for sale 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 Jan 1965.

Heritage listings

Nindooinbah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: