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Aboriginal for "Summer" or "Warm place".
In 1829 Madame Rens of Sydney received a grant of 914 acres (Teralba Parish) in exchange for a piece of land in George Street, Sydney, taken for government purposes. However, she failed to develop the grant and it reverted to the Crown. On 9 February 1830 it was granted to Captain James Ranclaud, who already possessed the adjoining property at Teralba. Ranclaud died on 30 May 1832. His widow and son were unable to retain their Lake Macquarie lands, which again reverted to the Crown and were granted to Dr. James Mitchell on 12 March 1842.
The first subdivision was formed by First, Second and Fourth Streets on 4 July 1908. The second subdivision was auctioned at 3 pm on Saturday 26 September 1908. The third subdivision was on 6 November 1909. A subdivision of the Quigley Estate in 1921 used a plan by Sir John Sulman, the well-known town planner.
Mitchell died on 1 February 1869 and the Booragul/Teralba section of his estate passed to his second daughter Margaret Scott Mitchell, who married William Bell Quigley on 8 March 1870. The Quigleys made their home at "Awaba Park", on the waterfront at Booragul. Quigley was killed in an accident on 18 March 1879. Margaret Quigley died of burns received when her house burned down in November 1886. The Quigleys grave is just off Primrose Street. A new home was built and occupied by the children. The Perpetual Trustee Company administered the Quigley Estate for many years. The third house on the site was built for Newcastle solicitor T.A. Braye to the design of C. Sara in 1927. It was resumed for a proposed hospital on Mr. Braye's death in 1950. The hospital was never built but the house is still held by the Health Commission.
A slaughteryard serving Teralba was located at the head of Marmong Creek.
Booragul was conveniently located to take advantage of Speers Point steam tram and ferries.
The Great Northern Railway of 1887 did not pass through Booragul but took the direct route over the hill to Teralba. The Booragul Loop was constructed later to lessen the gradient and Booragul Station was opened in 1926. The first highway roundabout in Lake Macquarie was constructed at Booragul in 1984.
Opened 1 September 1953.
Booragul Public School opened in January 1955. Booragul High opened in January 1958.
Live hare coursing was carried on at "Plumpton" hare coursing ground.
During World War II the Defence Department resumed a section of the Quigley Estate for an army camp and it later passed to the Air Force who housed personnel there, in what were known as the 'Commonwealth Cottages'. The Housing Commission then acquired the settlement. The C.A. Brown Anglican Village was built by the Church of England in 1955, named after a long-serving Diocesan Registrar, Charles Arthur Brown. It was the earliest retirement village in the district.
1929.
