Booval

Booval is a suburb in the City of Ipswich. It's home to 2,622 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Booval is reportedly an anglicised version of a word in the Gubbi Gubbi language meaning 'frilled lizard'.

Establishment as a suburb
Booval was named and established as a suburb by the Governor in Council on August 31, 1991. It was again named and bounded by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources on September 8, 2000. It was regazetted due to council amalgamations by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Water on January 30, 2009.