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Located on Sandgate Road, Toombul Shire Hall was built about 1890. The Toombul Shire was one of 20 local authorities that amalgamated in 1924 to form the Brisbane City Council.
The Shire Hall featured offices at the front of the building, with the public hall constructed at the rear of the building. In 1928, a side verandah was added to the building.
The hall features an unusual mix of materials and construction methods. The hall is sheeted with corrugated iron, the offices with chamfer boards, while the front facade incorporates brickwork in two colours.
During the Second World War the ARP Civil Defence and the Nundah Auxiliary Ambulance used the building with first aid classes being conducted by the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade.
The Hall is one of two surviving shire halls constructed of timber in the Greater Brisbane area and the only one still owned by the Brisbane City Council.
For more information on Nundah's history, call the Nundah and Districts Historical Society on (07) 3260 6703.
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