Murrumba Homestead Grounds, Heritage site in Petrie, Queensland.
Murrumba Homestead Grounds is a heritage site in Petrie featuring mature gardens with Bunya pines, Hoop pines, Kauri pines, and a large Weeping fig tree. Today the grounds are home to Our Lady of the Way Primary School and Parish Church, which maintain the historical trees and provide interpretive signage about the site's background.
Thomas Petrie took up the ten-square-mile Murrumba run in late 1859, after Dalaipi, an elder of the North Pine clan, recommended the land at the mouth of the Pine River and promised protection. Petrie named it Murrumba, meaning "a good place". The homestead was demolished in the early 1950s, but the government proclaimed the surrounding area the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve on 31 May 1862.
Tom Petrie named the run Murrumba, meaning "a good place", after Dalaipi, an elder of the North Pine clan, recommended the land and promised to protect Petrie, his household and his cattle. The surviving Bunya, Hoop and Kauri pines and the Weeping fig are the remains of the homestead garden.
The grounds sit within the campus of Our Lady of the Way Primary School and Parish Church at 38 Armstrong Street, Petrie. The surviving pines and the weeping fig stand on Murrumba Hill, a low rise at the crest of the site. Access follows the school and church grounds, so time a visit outside school hours.
Tom Petrie named the run Murrumba, meaning "a good place", on the advice of Dalaipi, an elder of the North Pine clan, who recommended the land at the mouth of the Pine River and promised to protect Petrie, his household and his cattle. The Bunya pines at the crest of the rise were not exploited by Petrie, who knew the trees were sacred to Aboriginal people.
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