The suburb takes its name from its railway station, which in turn was named after the fruit of the plant [[Persoonia media]], known as "jibung" in the [[Dharug language|Dharuk language]].<ref name="qpnl" />
The Geebung Baptist church was initiated with a [[stump capping ceremony]] on Saturday 7 February 1925;, prior to this services had been held in the war memorial hall.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218331942|title=GEEBUNG PROGRESS|date=8 February 1925|newspaper=[[Daily Mail (Brisbane)|The Daily Mail]]|access-date=9 August 2019|issue=88|location=Queensland, Australia|page=18|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915185649/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218331942|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074653/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1925 Geebung|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1925-Geebung.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074510/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1925-Geebung.html}}</ref> On Saturday 14 February 1925, the church was opened in a ceremony attended by 150 people. It was made of [[weatherboard]] and could seat about 100 people. The church (including fencing, the organ, the seating etc.) cost {{Australian pound|543|12|}} having spent {{Australian pound|80||}} for the land.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219074030|title=BAPTIST CHURCH|date=16 March 1925|newspaper=[[Daily Mail (Brisbane)|The Daily Mail]]|access-date=9 August 2019|issue=7191|location=Queensland, Australia|page=7|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915185649/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219074030|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=17 March 1925|title=BAPTIST GATHERING.|page=9|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=20,950|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20921134|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519053047/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20921134|url-status=live}}</ref> A new church was built in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Geebung Baptist Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2096|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202040111/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2096}}</ref> In May 2012 the Geebung Baptist congregation merged with the [[Sandgate Baptist Church|Sandgate Baptist]] congregation, selling their existing churches and establishing a new church, Connect Baptist Church at [[Deagon, Queensland|Deagon]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August–September 2017|title=Better together! Recent church mergers in Queensland Baptists|url=https://issuu.com/qbmagazine/docs/qb_aug-2017_web_version/32|journal=The Qb Magazine|pages=32–33|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809071011/https://issuu.com/qbmagazine/docs/qb_aug-2017_web_version/32|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://connectbc.org.au/|title=Connect Baptist Church - Deagon|website=Connect Baptist Church|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809070758/https://connectbc.org.au/|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref> In August 2013, the Geebung Baptist church was purchased by the Tonga Houʻeiki Church for $1.5 million, although the decision to purchase was controversial within the Tongan congregation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kanivatonga.nz/2013/08/aud1-5-million-real-estate-purchase-splits-brisbane-tonga-hou%CA%BBeiki-church/|title=AUD$1.5 million real estate purchase splits Brisbane Tonga Houʻeiki Church|last=Latu|first=Kalino|date=23 August 2013|work=[[Kaniva News]]|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809071654/https://kanivatonga.nz/2013/08/aud1-5-million-real-estate-purchase-splits-brisbane-tonga-hou%CA%BBeiki-church/|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Church of Tonga (Siasi 'O Tonga)|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/4218-church-of-tonga-%5Bsiasi-and#39;o-tonga%5D|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915185649/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/4218-church-of-tonga-%5Bsiasi-and#39;o-tonga%5D|archive-date=15 September 2020|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Churches Australia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1937|title=Brisbane|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-brisbane-1937-1.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|type=Map|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202040641/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-brisbane-1937-1.jpg}}</ref>
During [[World War II]], the southern piece of Geebung was host to the [[Chermside Army Camp]], which occupied land that includes part of the present day [[Marchant Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=515|title=Chermside Army Camp|date=2014-06-30|website=Queensland WWII Historic Places|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010044659/https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=515|archive-date=2019-10-10|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> Two years after the war, ISAS (Industrial Sales and Service) assembled war surplus [[Nissen hut]]s for their business on Robinson Road in north Geebung. In 1949, the [[Brisbane City Council]] zoned that territory for general industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chermsidedistrict.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=307|title=Geebung Building with Splayed Sides|website=Chermside & Districts Historical Society|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010045107/http://www.chermsidedistrict.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=307|archive-date=10 October 2019|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
