The area once belonged to Mrs. Griffin of Whiteside west of Petrie, and was acquired by the son of a Scottish migrant by the name of Thomas Petrie in 1855. The name Kallangur originates from the Indigenous Australian word kalangoor, meaning a goodly or satisfactory place.[6] Kallangur is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions, however, the word kalangoor is from the Kabi dialect, from the traditional Indigenous Australian Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi) country of the Sunshine Coast and surrounding regions.[7][8]
Kallangur grew in the early twentieth century as it was on the main road route to the Redcliffe peninsula before the construction of the Hornibrook Bridge in the 1930s.
More recent development has been in response to the general housing demand in the northern growth corridor.
Dakabin State School opened on 28 January 1992.[10][9]
St Peter's Anglican church was closed on 7 March 1993 under the authority of Assistant Bishop Wood.[11]
An ANZAC memorial gate was erected along with a bronze statue on the corner of Anzac Avenue and Goodfellows Road. The new Memorial Gardens was unveiled in front of the North's Leagues and Services Club in 2005 by the former Minister for Veterans' AffairsDe-Anne Kelly.[12]
In the 2011 census, Kallangur recorded a population of 18,982 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Kallangur population was 33 years, 4 years below the national median of 37. 77.9% of people living in Kallangur were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.9%, England 4%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.7%, Scotland 0.5%. 90.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Samoan, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% German.[13]
Despite its name, Dakabin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Sheaves Road in Kallangur (27°14′16″S152°59′12″E / 27.2378°S 152.9867°E / -27.2378; 152.9867 (Dakabin State School)).[17][20] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 600 students with 45 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).[19] It includes a special education program.[17] It also includes the POWER Positive Learning Centre, a specific-purpose primary (3-7) program for children whose behaviours are incompatible with mainstream schooling; the aim of the centre is to ultimately re-integrate the child back into mainstream schooling.[17][21]
Pinnacle Academic College is a private primary school (Prep-6) for boys and girls at the same site as Charlotte Mason College but at the other end of the site. It offers individualised self-directed education.[25][14]
^"AIATSIS code E66: Yugarabul". Federal government. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
