Sinnamon Park is a

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,590 people.

Geography

Sinnamon Park is by road south-west of the

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. The suburb is bounded to the north by the median of the

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. It is partly bounded to the east by the Jindalee Creek

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and mostly to the west by the Western Freeway. The land use is residential.

History

In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the area of Wolston Estate. In 1925, the

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was amalgamated into the

. A portion of Sinnamon Park was formerly part of the Wolston Estate, consisting of 54 farms on an area of 3,000 acres, offered for auction at Centennial Hall, Brisbane, on 16 October 1901. Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. Only three of the farms sold at the original auction. The suburb of Sinnamon Park was officially named and bounded on 13 May 1989, with the land excised from the suburb of Seventeen Mile Rocks. Sinnamon Park is named for the pioneering Sinnamon family headed by James and Margaret Sinnamon. The land occupied by Sinnamon Village retirement complex and the river flats east of the Centenary Freeway were formerly their family farm.

Demographics

In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,362 people, 53.4% female and 46.6% male. The median age of the Sinnamon Park population was 39 years, 2 years above the Australian median. 61.1% of people living in Sinnamon Park were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 3%, India 2.7%, South Africa 2.5%, Vietnam 2.5%. 72.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 3.7% Vietnamese, 3% Mandarin, 2% Cantonese, 1.7% Hindi, 1.1% Persian (excluding Dari). In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,419 people. In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,590 people.

Heritage listings

Sinnamon Park has a number of

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sites, including: * 645 & 693 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road: Sinnamon Farm (including the houses "Avondale", "Beechwood" and "Glen Ross" and Seventeen Mile Rocks School) * 675 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road: Sinnamon Memorial Uniting Church

Education

There are no schools in Sinnamon Park. The nearest primary schools are Jindalee State School in neighbouring Jindalee to the north-west, Jamboree Heights State School in neighbouring Jamboree Heights to the south-west, and Darra State School in neighbouring Darra to the south. The nearest secondary school is

Centenary State High School Centenary State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school at 1 Moolanda Street, Jindalee, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a co-curricular, co-educational school that opened in 1999. At that time, it catered for stud ...

in Jindalee.

Politics

The people of Sinnamon Park are represented in the

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by Jess Pugh, the ALP Member for Mount Ommaney.

References

External links

* {{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane