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Binjour
Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 98 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, Brisbane. The Binjour Range Rest Area, at the top of the range, is near the southern end of the Binjour Plateau. Gurgeena is near the northern end of the plateau. The Burnett Highway passes through the locality from east to west. It is within the Burnett River drainage basin. History In 1899 land from Boomerang and Buckingah Stations (parts of the Mt Debateable pastoral lease), and land that had been parts of Mundubbera (Mundowran) and Ideraway Stations comprised the Binjour Plateau. These stations had been in existence for more than 50 years. The Binjour Plateau was first surveyed by Mr R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension. The purpose of the sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binjour Plateau
Gurgeena is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gurgeena had a population of 35 people. Geography Gurgeena is on the Binjour Plateau (). Land use is principally agricultural and state forest. The Binjour Range Rest Area, at the top of the range, is near the southern end of the Binjour Plateau. Gurgeena is near the northern end of the plateau. It is within the Burnett River drainage basin. History In 1899 land from Boomerang and Buckingah Stations (parts of the Mt Debateable pastoral lease), and land that had been parts of Mundubbera (Mundowran) and Ideraway Stations comprised the Binjour Plateau. These stations had been in existence for more than 50 years. The Binjour Plateau was first surveyed by Mr R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension. The purpose of the survey was to find land suitable for agriculture. Closer settlement would yield eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurgeena
Gurgeena is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gurgeena had a population of 35 people. Geography Gurgeena is on the Binjour Plateau (). Land use is principally agricultural and state forest. The Binjour Range Rest Area, at the top of the range, is near the southern end of the Binjour Plateau. Gurgeena is near the northern end of the plateau. It is within the Burnett River drainage basin. History In 1899 land from Boomerang and Buckingah Stations (parts of the Mt Debateable pastoral lease), and land that had been parts of Mundubbera (Mundowran) and Ideraway Stations comprised the Binjour Plateau. These stations had been in existence for more than 50 years. The Binjour Plateau was first surveyed by Mr R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension. The purpose of the survey was to find land suitable for agriculture. Closer settlement would yiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurgeena, Queensland
Gurgeena is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gurgeena had a population of 35 people. Geography Gurgeena is on the Binjour Plateau (). Land use is principally agricultural and state forest. The Binjour Range Rest Area, at the top of the range, is near the southern end of the Binjour Plateau. Gurgeena is near the northern end of the plateau. It is within the Burnett River drainage basin. History In 1899 land from Boomerang and Buckingah Stations (parts of the Mt Debateable pastoral lease), and land that had been parts of Mundubbera (Mundowran) and Ideraway Stations comprised the Binjour Plateau. These stations had been in existence for more than 50 years. The Binjour Plateau was first surveyed by Mr R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension. The purpose of the survey was to find land suitable for agriculture. Closer settlement would yield econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branch Creek, Queensland
Branch Creek is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Branch Creek had a population of 32 people. Geography Branch Creek (from which the locality presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality and flows to the south of the locality where it becomes a tributary to Reid Creek (which was also known as Binjour Creek), which then continues south to Binjour. History The bushranger "the Wild Scotchman" was said to have hidden out in the vicinity of Branch Creek and the adjacent Mungy Station in the mid-1860s. The bushranger was said to have visited the Black Horse Hotel which was on the old Gayndah-Dalgangal road where it passed through Branch Creek. Branch Creek No. 1 was one of the stations that comprised the pastoral run of Ideraway. Fontainebleau State School opened at Branch Creek on 16 September 1915. It closed in 1964. It was on a site on the north-eastern side of Binjour Branch Creek Road (). Education There are n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reids Creek, Queensland
Reids Creek is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Reids Creek had a population of 54 people. Geography Reid Creek enters the locality from the north and flows through to become the south-east boundary. Binjour Range forms the western boundary. The Burnett Highway passes through from the south-east to the west. History Reid's Creek Upper Provisional School opened in 1903. On 1 January 1909, it became Reid's Creek Upper State School. It had a closure between 1905 and 1907 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently in 1922. It was in a pocket of the creek (approx ). Reid's Creek State School opened in 1909 and closed in 1963. It was on the Burnett Highway (). Norwood State School opened in 1920 and closed in 1952. It was on Reids Creek Road near the intersection with present-day Guyatts Road (). In the , Reids Creek had a population of 54 people. Education There are no schools in Reids Creek. The nearest government primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philpott, Queensland
Philpott is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ..., Australia. In the , Philpott had a population of 41 people. History Philpott Central State School opened on 6 August 1913. It closed circa 1948. It was on a site off Shallcross Road (). In the , Philpott had a population of 41 people. References North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{WideBayBurnett-geo-stub ... [...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. 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 Boards Act 1879''. A third division, Eidsvold, was proclaimed on 25 January 1 ... [...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 between its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, and 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, south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government. History In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan, which took longer than a year to repair. Roads of Strategic Importance upgrade The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following project for the Burnett Highway. Intersection upgrade A project to upgrade the intersection of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundubbera
Mundubbera ( ) is a town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mundubbera had a population of 1261 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although this is disputed by the neighbouring (and rival) town of Gayndah. Geography The town is in the Wide Bay–Burnett region on the Burnett Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane and west of the regional centre, Bundaberg. Mundubbera is built on the bank on the Burnett River. The Mundubbera district is bounded on the east by the Binjour Plateau and on the south and west by the Burnett River. Devonian, Carboniferous, Triassic, and Post-Triassic sediments have all been found in the district. Devonian and Carboniferous sediments are incorporated into the late or post-Permian folds which affect the Yarrol Basin. A large syncline is exposed, commonly called the Mundubbera Syncline. Folded Triassic strata are found in the western part of the district in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphery, Queensland
Humphery is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Humphery had a population of 34 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the south-western boundary and part of the southern before flowing through and forming part of the eastern boundary. Aranbanga Creek also forms part of the southern boundary before joining the Burnett River. Boomerang is a neighbourhood in the locality (). The Mungar-to-Monto railway line traverses the locality roughly following the northern side of the Burnett River, entering from the east ( Dirnbir) and exiting to the north-west ( Philpott). There were two railway stations serving the locality but both are now abandoned: * Humphery railway station () * Boomerang railway station () History Boomerang takes its name from a pastoral run of which was from the town of Gayndah. In 1853 the run was held in 1853 by Edmund L. Smee. In the , Humphery had a population of 34 people. Heritage listings Humphery has a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ideraway
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 38 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 B. Reid. 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, Penang, and Nour-Nour. In 1869 the leases on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murray (pastoralist)
John Murray (15 August 1837 – 18 November 1917) was a pastoralist and politician in Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Born in Mauchline in Ayrshire to coachman Peter Murray and Jean, ''née'' Witherspoon, he was educated locally and emigrated to the Victorian goldfields around 1852. In 1862 he and his brothers established a cattle shipping business in New South Wales, operating between Newcastle and New Zealand, although the latter's prohibition of cattle imports in 1864 due to pleuropneumonia in Australia ended the venture. In December of that year Murray relocated to Rockhampton, selecting around of land and growing sugarcane from 1872. On 1 September 1873, Murray married Jane Elizabeth Hartley; they had three children, but Jane died in 1877. On 3 January 1882 Murray married Margaret McGavin, with whom he had four children. Political life John Murray was an early member of the Gogan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
