Pallara, Queensland

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pallara is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the Template:CensusAU, Pallara had a population of 3,861 people.[1]

Geography

Pallara is Script error: No such module "convert". by road south of the Brisbane CBD.[3]

History

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Pallara State School (then Ritchie Road State School), August 1959

The name Pallara means flat land and is derived from a non-local Aboriginal word spelt with only one "l".[4]

The suburb is relatively undeveloped with electricity supply only reaching Pallara in 1961.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Ritchie Road State School opened on 24 August 1959. The name was later changed to Pallara State School.[5]

In 1997, the Pallara Parklands were opened on a remediated dump.[4]

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, Pallara had a population of 511 people.[6]

In the Template:CensusAU, Pallara had a population of 3,861 people.[1]

Education

Pallara State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 39 Ritchie Road (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[7][8] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 500 students with 30 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).[9] As at August 2021, the school had an enrolment of 866 students with 52 teachers (50 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).[10]

There are no secondary schools in Pallara. The nearest government secondary schools are Forest Lake State High School in neighbouring Forest Lake to the west, Glenala State High School in Durack to the north-west, and Calamvale Community College in Calamvale to the east.[11]

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the suburb:

  • Blunder Creek Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[12]
  • Brookbent Road Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[12]
  • Paradise Road Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[12]
  • Sweets Road Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[12]

References

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External links

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