Nindooinbah occupies a part of the upper Albert River valley where Cainbable Creek joins the river. The Albert River also marks portions of both the eastern and western borders. In the east of the locality the slopes of Mount Witheren reach more than 550 metres (1,800 ft) above sea level. Farming dominates the lower central areas along two main roads aligned in a north–south direction.
The name Nindooinbah (also spelled Nindooimbah) is derived from the name of Nindooinbah pastoral run of 1842/3, based on Aboriginal words: nguin meaning charcoal / cinders, doan meaning black' and ba meaning place, indicating the place of the remains of a fire.[2]
The Nindooimbah pastoral run was originally selected in the early 1840s by Alfred Compigne, and was subsequently purchased by William Duckett White. The White family variously owned and leased the whole of the land from the present town of Beaudesert as well as a large proportion of the land running from Beaudesert to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in the neighbourhood of Nerang, Southport, and Coomera. This large land holding was cut up into smaller properties. In 1877, 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) was resumed from the Nooininbah and Kerrylarabah pastoral runs and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.[8] Eventually Nindooimbah was reduced to an area of about 18,000 acres (7,300 ha; 73 km2), of which a further 9,500 acres (3,800 ha; 38 km2) was sold to William Collins.[9]
On 7 May 1906 at Beaudesert School of Arts, auctioneers Isles, Love & Co offered 26 dairy farms, ranging in area from 118 to 1,223 acres (48 to 495 ha; 0.48 to 4.95 km2), totalling 6,092 acres (2,465 ha; 24.65 km2) in the Nindooimbah Estate along the Albert River and Kerry Creek (in present-day southern Nindooinbah and northern Kerry).[10] The section for sale was known as the Kerry Paddocks, which have been subdivided into twenty-six dairy farms.[9][11]
There are no schools in Nindooinbah. The nearest primary schools are Beaudesert State School in neighbouring Beaudesert to the north-west, Canungra State School in neighbouring Canungra to the north-east, and Darlington State School in Darlington to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Beaudesert State High School in neighbouring Beaudesert to the north-west and Tamborine Mountain State High School in Tamborine Mountain to the north-east.[3]
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