[5] Brisbane Road enters the suburb from the east (Ebbw Vale) and exits to the west (Booval).

The Main Line railway runs just to the north of Brisbane Road, entering the east (Dinmore), forming part of the eastern boundary with Ebbw Vale, then traverses the suburb exiting to the west (North Booval / Booval).

[7] The Cunningham Highway forms a small section of the suburb's south-eastern boundary (New Chum).

[3] The origin of the name Bundamba is from the Ugarapul language meaning place of the stone axe.

It was initially written as Bundumba, then Bundanba, and then on 30 January 1932, the name was officially standardised as Bundamba.

[9] A Primitive Methodist Church opened on Monday 31 July 1865 in Mr Seymour's paddock.

[16] From the 1880s, the Redbank - Bundamba Loop Line was progressively developed to provide a series of railway sidings serving the coal mines in the area.

[17][18] In December 1895 the Anglican Diocese's architect John Buckeridge called for tenders to erect the Church of All Saints in Bundanba.

[29] Motivated by the Millennium drought, the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant commenced construction in September 2006 and was completed in June 2008.

It is a private secondary (8-12) facility for boys and girls with a focus on vocational training for marginalised or disadvantaged The school has its headquarters at Kingston in Logan City.

[40][3] It supplies purified recycled water to the Swanbank Power Station through a 7.3-kilometre (4.5 mi) pipeline.

[41][42] Sports facilities in the suburb include: There are a number of parks in the area: Steam trains operated by Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway runs tourist services between Bundamba Racecourse railway station and Swanbank station.