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Aramara
Aramara is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aramara had a population of 71 people. Geography The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) runs through from east to west. History The town's name is a Kabi language word ''Ooramara'' or ''Yuramurra'', meaning ''many spotted gum trees'' (Eucalyptus maculata). The first section of the Mungar Junction to Monto railway line from Mungar railway station, Mungar Junction to Brooweena was opened on 29 July 1889 and a siding established at Aramara. In 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed. Aramara Provisional School opened on 23 January 1899. On 1 January 1909, it became Aramara State School. It closed on 19 May 1967. After fifteen years of fund-raising the Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church was blessed and consecrated by Archbishop James Duhig on 26 February 1950. In response to the welcome given, the Archbis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Aramara, Queensland
North Aramara is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Aramara had a population of 45 people. History Musket Flat Provisional School opened on 29 February 1904. It closed briefly in 1906 as there was no accommodation available for the teacher. In 1908, it was relocated and renamed Bowling Green Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Bowling Green State School. In 1940, it was renamed Aramara North State School. It was on the north-east corner of Musket Flat Road and an unnamed road going east to the Doongul Creek (). The school was moved to a new site in 1949 and finally permanently closed in 1983. It was on the north-western corner of Upper Bowling Green Road and North Aramara / Musket Flat Road (). As at 2023, the school buildings are still extant and the site is now the North Aramara Recreation Reserve. Edward Nichol, timbercutter, and his cousin David Willam Boldery, teamster, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woocoo, Queensland
Woocoo is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woocoo had a population of 56 people. Geography Woocoo consists of three valleys separated by hills. In the south-west the valley is formed by Munna Creek (which is the western boundary of the locality) which is accessible via the Glenbar Road coming from Glenbar to the south. The other two valleys are more centrally located within the locality and are accessed via Ellerslie Road coming from Aramara to the north. The Woocoo National Park is in the north-west of the locality while a large area of land in the north-east of the locality is part of the St Mary State Forest. Mount Woocoo (240 metres above sea level) is located in the state forest. The land in the valleys is freehold and used as small farms, while the hillier parts of the locality are undeveloped. History The locality name ''Woocoo'' presumably takes its name from Mount Woocoo which was in turn is believed to be a corruption o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooweena, Queensland
Brooweena is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Brooweena had a population of 91 people. Geography The town is located in the Wide Bay–Burnett area and is north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is on the Maryborough–Biggenden Road. The north-west of the locality includes a large portion of the Wongi National Park and the Wongi State Forest. History The name ''Brooweena'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''crab''. The town was established following the arrival of the Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway in 1889. Brooweena Post Office opened on 23 December 1889. Braemar Provisional School opened on 21 January 1901. It closed in 1922 due to low attendances. It reopened in 1924 and closed on 1 July 1935 and the students were transferred to the newly opened Woocoo State School (which closed in 1961). Braemar is the name of a pastoral property south of Brooweena. Brooweena Provisional Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doongul, Queensland
Doongul is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Doongul had a population of 35 people. Geography Most of the locality is with protected areas. The west of the locality is within the Wongi National Park which extends into neighbouring Golden Fleece to the west. The small Fairlies Knob National Park is immediately south of the Wongi National Park in the south-west of the locality. Apart from the national parks, almost all of the rest of the locality is within the Wongi State Forest, except for the centre and south-east, where the land use is grazing on native vegetation. Doongul has the following mountains, from north to south: * Duckke Benong () * Mount Doongul () * Musket Flat Mountain () * Fairlies Knob () * Cabbage Tree Mountain () The town of Eliott () is within Doongul on the Old Gayndah Road. History The locality was previously known as Muskat Flat. It presumably takes its present name Doongul from the Doongul parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooweena
Brooweena is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Brooweena had a population of 91 people. Geography The town is located in the Wide Bay–Burnett area and is north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is on the Maryborough–Biggenden Road. The north-west of the locality includes a large portion of the Wongi National Park and the Wongi State Forest. History The name ''Brooweena'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''crab''. The town was established following the arrival of the Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway in 1889. Brooweena Post Office opened on 23 December 1889. Braemar Provisional School opened on 21 January 1901. It closed in 1922 due to low attendances. It reopened in 1924 and closed on 1 July 1935 and the students were transferred to the newly opened Woocoo State School (which closed in 1961). Braemar is the name of a pastoral property south of Brooweena. Brooweena Provisional Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gungaloon, Queensland
Gungaloon is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gungaloon had a population of 27 people. Geography ''Doongul Creek'', a tributary of the ''Burrum River'', forms most of the northern boundary. The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) forms the southern boundary, entering from the south-east (Thinoomba / Dunmora) and exiting to the south-west (Aramara). The Old Gayndah Road enters the locality from the east (Dunmora) and exits to the west ( Doongul). A section of Wongi National Park is in the west of the locality. Wongi State Forest is in the north-west and the north-east of the locality, extending into neighbouring Doongul, Duckinwilla, and Dunmora. Gungaloon State Forest is in the south-east of the locality. Thinoomba State Forest is in the south of the locality extending into neighbouring Thinoomba. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation. History It is unclear precisely when Doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungar Junction To Monto Railway Line
The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway station, Mungar Junction a short distance west of Maryborough and followed a westerly route towards Biggenden and Gayndah before turning north via Mundubbera and Eidsvold, Queensland, Eidsvold to Monto, Queensland, Monto. It is also known as the Gayndah Monto Branch Railway. In 2012, the line was officially closed. History Whilst Bundaberg was chosen as the port for a rail line to Mount Perry railway line, Mount Perry, Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough was selected as the port for a line to the Central and Upper Shire of Burnett, Burnett districts of Queensland, where minerals had been found. Opening To Brooweena The first section from Mungar Junction to Brooweena was opened on 29 July 1889, with sidings established at Pilerwa, Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryborough–Biggenden Road
Maryborough–Biggenden Road is an road route in the Fraser Coast and North Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 86. The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (number 478) is a state-controlled district road, rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). Road 478 is not continuous from end to end, being broken midway by a part of Brooweena - Woolooga Road (number 487) and by Boompa Road (number 479). Route description The road commences at an intersection with Ferry Street (State Route 57) in Maryborough. It leaves Maryborough as Alice Street, running north-west until it reaches the Bruce Highway which it crosses at a roundabout intersection. It then enters the locality of Maryborough West where it continues north-west as Alma Street, running parallel to the Mary River. The road enters Oakhurst and continues west while the Mary River turns south-west. It passes the northern end of Mungar Road and crosses the North Coast r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thinoomba, Queensland
Thinoomba is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Thinoomba had a population of 16 people. Geography The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) runs along the northern boundary. History Thinoomba Provisional School opened circa 1898. It closed in 1908. It was on the eastern side of Thinoomba Road (). Circa 1918, the school building was relocated to Myrtle Creek to be the new Myrtle Creek State School at Yerra Yerra is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state .... Gungaloon State School opened on 27 October 1921 and closed in 1931. It was on the eastern side of the junction of Thinoomba Road and Ross Road (). Demographics In the , Thinoomba had a population of 31 people. In the , Thinoomba had a population of 16 people. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Coast Regional Council
The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains K'gari. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Cities of Maryborough and Hervey Bay and the Shires of Woocoo and most of Tiaro. The resident population at the was 111,032 and the estimated population in 2023 was 117,940. The 2024-2025 budget of the Fraser Coast Regional Council is $477 million. History Butchulla (also known as Batjala, Badtjala, Badjela and Badjala) is the language of the Fraser Coast region, including K'gari. Butchulla language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Fraser Coast Regional Council, particularly the towns of Maryborough and Hervey Bay extending south towards Noosa and northwest to Howard. On 10 March 1861, the Municipal Borough of Maryborough, governed under the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryborough Chronicle
Maryborough may refer to: * Maryborough, Queensland, Australia ** Maryborough Base Hospital * Maryborough, Victoria, Australia ** Maryborough railway station, Victoria * Portlaoise Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster. Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest town ..., Republic of Ireland, known as Maryborough from 1557 to 1929 and the namesake of the Victorian town * City of Maryborough (other) * Electoral district of Maryborough (other) * Maryborough Airport (other) * Maryborough Post Office (other) * Maryborough railway station (other) * HMAS ''Maryborough'', two ships of the Royal Australian Navy See also * {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
