Inala

Inala is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Inala is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The suburb was named Inala by the Queensland Surveyor-General on 10 January 1952, using aBundjalung word meaning resting time or night time.It was previously known as Boylands Pocket.Following World War II there was a shortage of 250,000 houses across Australia. In Queensland alone over 4,000 families were living in makeshift dwellings of tin, calico and canvas. The Queensland and Australian Governments responded by making housing a priority.The history of Inala started as the suburb of Serviceton, established following a meeting held in a Brisbane RSL Hall in May 1946. A group of ex-servicemen, led by Harold (Hock) Davis, were seeking affordable accommodation for their families during the post-war housing shortage. The Serviceton Co-operative Society was formed and they purchased 480 hectares of flood-safe land, which was then divided amongst the shareholders, giving them 800 square metres each. At that stage, Inala was planned as a satellite town set on a broad, high, gently sloping ridge.In 1949–1950 the Queensland Housing Commission purchased Serviceton, comprising approximately 850 acres (3.4 km2) of land, from the faltering Serviceton Housing Co-operative. The Housing Commission subsequently annexed another 200 acres (0.8 km2) to the suburb and changed its name to Inala in 1953 to avoid postal confusion with another Serviceton in Victoria.Inala State School opened on 1 July 1955. In September 1974 it was expanded to include a pre-school.Inala Methodist Church opened in 1957, becoming Inala Uniting Church in 1977 when the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia.Samoa Methodist Church Inala was established circa 1965.Inala Special School opened on 26 August 1968. On 1 January 2007 it was renamed Western Suburbs State Special School.