But Park Hill Action Group co-ordinator Darrell Ballard said that was not the motivating factor for those residents who wanted to be part of the Cannon Hill community. "It has come into the thinking of the other side of Murarrie, because if you cut some real estate figures around Park Hill inside of Murarrie, you're going to find an amazing set of figures," he said. "Several residents have talked about that as an issue, but there's a counterbalance argument from residents with Cannon Hill now becoming apartment central and that will make the median price drop quite dramatically in the next couple of years." Mr Ballard said it was more about the geography of the area. "When you look at the boundary of the Park Hill estate, around Cannon Hill and Murarrie, it doesn't make sense," he said.

"There's a dog-leg around our estate, which takes us into Murarrie from Cannon Hill, and still to this day no-one can explain why it was done that way. "And the secondary issue was the historical value – the site was known as the Cannon Hill saleyard, so it was a cattle yard where they'd take the cattle across to the abattoir." Mr Ballard said he thought their argument was "pretty compelling" based on that history and they planned to launch an appeal against the decision. Comment was sought from Dr Lynham, whose office directed queries to the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. Following the publication of this story, a DNRM spokesman said it had received 613 submissions during the consulation period.

"Suburb place names and boundaries are intended to be enduring and the results of the consultation showed the proposal did not meet the criteria for altering the boundary," he said. "...Although many submissions supported the proposal, they did not sufficiently demonstrate compelling reasons or long term benefits of altering the boundary." Local LNP councillor Ryan Murphy (Doboy) said the Park Hill residents' wishes had been ignored, with 89.2 per cent of survey respondents in favour of the move. "This is the area that was and always has been known as the Cannon Hill saleyards, which was part of the abattoir complex there at Cannon Hill," he said. "Everyone, when they bought their houses there in the early 2000s, was buying into Cannon Hill and when the area was plan sealed, the suburb became Murarrie so residents have been calling on the state government for years to reverse that change and give them the suburb they bought in to."

Cr Murphy said it was about more than just property values for the residents. "Ultimately, people feel they're more part of the Cannon Hill community," he said. "They are from the former Cannon Hill saleyards site and they live right on the Cannon Hill train station. "When they say they're in Murarrie and they're in a taxi, for example, the taxi take them to Murarrie and not Cannon Hill. "It's very much an issue of identity and residents of the Park Hill estate feel far more in common with Cannon Hill than they do with Murarrie."

But Cr Murphy acknowledged there were differing points of view in the community. "The review was not without controversy, with some residents in the older part of Murarrie incensed by the idea their suburb might shrink," he said. One of those who campaigned against the move was Murarrie Progress Association's Alfio Russo, from whom comment has been sought. The DNRM spokesman said a range of factors had to be considered when deciding whether to change a suburb's name or boundaries under Queensland's Place Names Act. They included, he said, "the value to the community and other stakeholders; the demonstrated need for the action, the public good that is likely derived by it; that long term benefits outweigh any private interests and short term effects associated with the action; community views; Aboriginal tradition; commonly known names and topography".