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Gayndah
Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 people. Geography Gayndah is on the Burnett River and the Burnett Highway passes through the town. Apart from the town in the western part of the locality, the land is used for cropping and grazing. The Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway, Mungar Junction to Monto Branch railway line once passed through the town, but it has since been closed and now lies abandoned. Duchess Mountain is immediately to the south-west of the town () and at provides excellent views over the town ( above sea level). Gayndah is north of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough. Agriculture and grazing have been the dominant industries of the area. The town is the centre of Queensland's largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ideraway, Queensland
Ideraway is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ideraway had a population of 31 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the south-eastern boundary, while Reid Creek forms the western boundary. The Burnett Highway passes through the south-western corner. The town is located in the south-east of the locality and most of the housing is within the town. The predominant land use is Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation in the south of the locality with crop growing more in the north of the locality. History The town's name was derived from the name of a Pastoralism, pastoral run, leased from 1848 by James Blair (or Blain) Reid Justice of the peace, J.P. Reid acquired the leases of the six stations of sheep country which comprised Ideraway over a period of ten years. The stations were called Tanjour, Binjour, Branch Creek, Queensland, Branch Creek No. 1, Jonday, Penan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungar Junction To Monto Branch Railway
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 line at Mungar Junction a short distance west of Maryborough and followed a westerly route towards Biggenden and Gayndah before turning north via Mundubbera and Eidsvold to 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, Maryborough was selected as the port for a line to the Central and Upper 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, Yerra, Thinoomba, Hunter's Hut and Aramara. Originally called Teebar and later known as Clifton and then Woocoo, Brooweena (perhaps an Aboriginal word for "crab" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnett Highway
The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, Queensland, Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar Highway in Nanango, Queensland, Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses in Gayndah. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, Queensland, Yarraman, south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government. State-controlled road Burnett Highway is a state-controlled regional road, most of which is rated as "state-strategic". It is defined in six sections, as follows: * Number 41A, Nanango to Goomeri, state-strategic. * Number 41B, Goomeri to Gayndah, state-strategic. * Number 41C, Gayndah to Monto, sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirnbir, Queensland
Dirnbir is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dirnbir had a population of 59 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the southern boundary of the locality at an elevation of while Reid Creek (a tributary of the Burnett River) forms the eastern boundary. The land in the locality rises toward the north with two peaks: Mount Gayndah in the south of the locality at and an unnamed peak in the south-west at . A number of creeks rise in the locality and flow south or east to become tributaries of the Burnett River or Reid Creek respectively. The more mountainous areas are undeveloped land. The predominant land use is grazing with some irrigated farming near the Burnett River. History The locality takes its name from the Dirnbir railway station () on the now closed Mungar Junction to Monto branch railway. The Queensland Railways Department named the station on 28 February 1913 using an Aboriginal word meaning ''grey ironbark tree''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Burnett Region
The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s. It has an estimated operating budget of A$32 million. In the , the North Burnett Region had a population of 10,068 people. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the North Burnett Region, located in the northern catchment of the Burnett River, existed as six distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Biggenden; * the Shire of Eidsvold; * the Shire of Gayndah; * the Shire of Monto; * the Shire of Mundubbera; * and the Shire of Perry. The first local government in the North Burnett area was the Gayndah Municipality, which was created on 28 November 1866 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1864. On 11 November 1879, the Rawbelle and Perry Divisions were created to serve regional areas under the ''Divisional B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon Accord, Queensland
Bon Accord is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bon Accord had a population of 29 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north-west and west by the Burnett River. The Bon Accord Wetheron Road enters the locality from the south (Gayndah) and exits to the north ( Wetherton). The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing near the Burnett River and its tributary Barambah Creek. History Bon Accord Provisional School opened about September 1901. It became Bon Accord State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendances, it closed about May 1922. It was located on the eastern bank of Barambah Creek immediately north of the Bon Accord Wetheron Road (approx ). Demographics In the , Bon Accord had a population of 19 people. In the , Bon Accord had a population of 29 people. Education There are no schools in Bon Accord. The nearest government primary school is Gayndah State School in neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginoondan, Queensland
Ginoondan is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ginoondan had a population of 12 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west and south-west by Barambah Creek. The Burnett Highway enters the locality from the west (Gayndah / Campbell Creek) and exits to the south ( Ban Ban). Scrubby Mountain is in the north-east of the locality (), rising to above sea level. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing in the south-west of the locality. History Ginoondan Provisional School opened on 26 October 1903. On 1 January 1909, it became Ginoondan State School. It closed in 1949. It was on the eastern corner of the Burnett Highway and the Gayndah Mount Perry Road (). Demographics In the , Ginoondan had a population of 16 people. In the , Ginoondan had a population of 12 people. Education There are no schools in Ginoondan. The nearest government primary schools are Gayndah State School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetheron, Queensland
Wetheron is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wetheron had a population of 40 people. Geography The Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway passes through Wetheron. The town was served by the Wetheron railway station () A report by R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension, dated 10 November 1897 stated:- "The first really good piece of country of any extent begins some little distance from the coach stage at Wetheron, Two Mile, extending beyond the head station and running thence in a south-westerly direction to Oakey Creek. This belt, which takes in the whole of what was the Byrnestown and part of the Resolute and Bon Accord Groups, about in length, and varying in breadth from 3 to 4 miles, is on the whole good land. It is principally composed of fine, black and chocolate soil ridges, even in contour, and in many places l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Debateable, Queensland
Mount Debateable is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Debateable had a population of 40 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the northern boundary of the locality. The Gayndah Mundubbera Road passes through the locality from east (Gayndah) to west (Deep Creek, Queensland, Deep Creek). Despite the name, the Mount Debateable railway station is not in the locality but in Dirnbir north of the river. It was originally known as Buckingah railway station until August 1913. It was on the now-closed Mungar Junction to Monto railway line. There are two peaks in the locality: * Mount Debateable in the north of the locality () at above sea level * White Hill in the north-east of the locality () at The predominant land use is grazing with some irrigated cropping near the Burnett River. History The locality takes its name from the mountain, which in turn takes its name from the Mount Debateabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodmillar, Queensland
Woodmillar is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woodmillar had a population of 106 people. History Woodmillar State School opened on 15 November 1915. It closed circa December 1960. It was at 8 Langs Road (). Demographics In the , Woodmillar had a population of 116 people. In the , Woodmillar had a population of 106 people. Education There are no schools in Woodmillar. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Gayndah State School and Burnett State College respectively, both in neighbouring Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ... to the north-east. References Further reading * �via State Library of Queenslanddescribes life on a cattle farm in Woodmillar {{North Burnett Region North B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limits, Queensland
The Limits is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , The Limits had "no people or a very low population". Geography The locality is loosely bounded to the west by Oaky Creek. Most of The Limits is mountainous terrain ranging from above sea level with the lower flatter areas in the north-east of the locality. The land use is predominantly grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ... on native vegetation. History The origin of the name is unclear but the Von Cronholm family were fruit growers at "The Limit" (singular) from at least 1936. Demographics In the , The Limits had a population of 4 people. In the , The Limits had "no people or a very low population". References {{North Burnett Region North Burnett Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east of Monto. It drains a basin covering 33,210 km² which is 1.9% of the total area of Queensland. The river flows generally south past Eidsvold and Mundubbera before heading east, adjacent to the townships of Gayndah and Wallaville before entering the city of Bundaberg. The river flows into the Coral Sea at Burnett Heads, roughly from Bundaberg. The river descends over its course. The Burnett River region is largely given over to growing sugar cane and small crops. The river is part of the Brigalow Belt and South East Queensland bioregions. Major tributaries Three Moon Creek Three Moon Creek rises near Kroombit Tops National Park north of Monto and flows south through Monto and Mulgildie, it is dammed near Cania Gorge to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
