Burpengary

Burpengary is a town and suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.

Burpengary is a town and suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 14,022 people.It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Brisbane CBD.

Burpengary is one of Moreton Bay region's fastest growing residential areas. Major retailers in Burpengary include ALDI, Woolworths Limited, Coles Supermarkets and Kmart Australia.

The name is derived from the Aboriginal word burpengar, meaning the "place of the green wattle".When Europeans settled in Burpengary in the 1870s, the industry was mainly timber-cutting.

Burpengary Provisional School opened on 9 November 1876. On 1 January 1909 it became Burpengary State School. It closed and re-opened a number of times as student numbers flucuated.The town of Burpengary was initially founded as a large truckstop due to its strategic location on the North Coast Road (now the Bruce Highway) from Brisbane to the North Coast (now the Sunshine Coast). Burpengary is still home to a functional truck weigh-bridge.St Eugene College (Burpengary's first secondary school) opened on 1 December 1989.Burpengary Library opened in 1994 and had a major refurbishment in 2016.Burpengary Meadows State School opened in 2007.Burpengary State Secondary College opened in 2015, offering years 7 and 8 initially.In the 2016 census the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 14,022 people.Redwood College opened in 2018 for distance education only, but on completion of its campus, expects to enrol on-campus students from 2020.