Residential, Apartment & House Cleaning Services in Pullenvale

The name of the suburb has a lot of controversies attached to it. There are a number of theories about the origin of the name of the suburb. One theory from a newspaper is that the suburb was named after early timber-getter, George Pullen; but there have been no records or documents to back such claims. Another theory is that the name Pullen Pullen was actually meant to be Bullen Bullen an Aboriginal word which means “lonely place”.

Pullenvale Hall, this is probably the most popular landmark, it is located at 302 Grandview Road. The Hall was purchased from resident Jack Woodward. It is the center of various small functions and classes which are organized by the residents of Pullenvale in cooperation with the Local Council.

Pullenvale is a suburb located in the City of Brisbane, Queensland it lies approximately fifteen kilometers west of the Brisbane central business district. The suburb is situated in the southern foothills of Mount Elphinstone, Pullenvale features rolling hills and areas of Bushland, and is spread over an area of approximately 9.4 square miles. The growth of the suburb began with the early Pullenvale residents who established a logging industry.

With the completion of Moggill Road, it linked Ipswich to Brisbane via Mogill and this made Pullenvale more accessible. After a while, the logging industry became “old fashioned” and the emergence of small crop and dairy farming became popular. For the next hundred years, the rural population stayed steady and the influx of people to Brisbane metropolis increased which translated to increase in the population of the suburb.