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Toombul Terrace Reserve can be found at the Kedron Brook end of Toombul Terrace, Nundah.
This reserve was amalgamated with Hamson Terrace Reserve and Bage Street Reserve. Sections of the parkland have been gained by Council through transfers as gifts during the 1940's and 1950's, and during the 1980's and 1990's through acquisition.
A coal pit was opened in 1906 operated within the steep slope north of Kedron Brook that supplied coal to local industry until the mine closed in 1910. One of the local businesses to use this coal was the Virginia Brick Works near what is now the Virginia Railway Station.
During this period 1803 tons of coal had been mined. The mine reopened in 1913 closing again in 1915, then opening briefly in 1929 closing in 1930.
Both occasions the mine closed due to depressed coal prices. For safety reasons the mine entrance was filled in. A porphyry cairn was erected in 1989 near the old entrance commemorating the mine.
A new steel footbridge was constructed in 1996 replacing the old timber structure at the Toombul Terrace cul de sac.
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