Boynedale is a rural
locality
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in the
Gladstone Region,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, Australia.
In the , Boynedale had a population of 17 people.
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Geography
The Lake Awoonga
Lake Awoonga was formed on the Boyne River by the dam located from Gladstone, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 30 minutes drive from Gladstone, via Benaraby.
Lake Awoonga is the main water supply for the Gladstone region.< ...
is part of the northern boundary of the locality. It is the impoundment of the Boyne River by the Awoonga Dam
Lake Awoonga was formed on the Boyne River by the dam located from Gladstone, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 30 minutes drive from Gladstone, via Benaraby.
Lake Awoonga is the main water supply for the Gladstone region. ...
.
History
The locality takes its name from the Boyne River, which in turn was named on 14 November 1823 by Surveyor-General
A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.
The following surveyor gen ...
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828)
was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two exp ...
on the cutter HM Mermaid.Gladstone to Monto railway line
Byellee to Monto Branch Railway was a branch railway that branched off the Boyne Valley west of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.The Boyne Valley region was predominantly a dairying region and a railway had little justification. However a br ...
opened its first section from Byellee (previously known as Boyne Valley Junction) to Many Peaks was opened on 25 July 1910 with Boynedale railway station () serving the Boynedale locality.[
In the , Boynedale had a population of 17 people.]
Heritage listings
Boynedale 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:
* Glengarry Homestead
Glengarry Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Gladstone-Monto Road, Boynedale, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Gleng ...
, Gladstone–Monto Road
Gladstone–Monto Road is a road route in the Gladstone and North Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 69.
The Gladstone–Monto Road (number 471) is a state-controlled district road, rated as ...
()
Education
There are no schools in Boynedale. The nearest government primary school is Nagoorin State School in Nagoorin in the neighbouring Boyne Valley
The River Boyne ( ga, An Bhóinn or ''Abhainn na Bóinne'') is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through C ...
to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Gladstone State High School in West Gladstone to the north.
See also
* List of schools in Central Queensland
This is a list of schools in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, and includes schools in Central West Queensland. The region is centred on the coastal cities of Rockhampton and Gladstone, and the inland towns of Emerald, ...
References
{{Gladstone Region
Gladstone Region
Localities in Queensland