Booubyjan is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was creat ...
,
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
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Booubyjan had a population of 109 people.
[
Booubyjan is approximately NW of Brisbane.]
History
It was founded in the early 19th century by the Lawless brothers, Clement and Paul.
The town's name is believed to be an Aboriginal word, probably from the Waka language group, indicating ''turn back'', which was originally used as the name for a pastoral run.
Heritage listings
Booubyjan has a number of heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* Booubyjan Rd: Booubyjan Homestead
References
Further reading
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External links
Gympie Region
Localities in Queensland
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