Eungella Dam is a
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Mackay Region
The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869.
It has an estima ...
,
Queensland
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, 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 , Eungella Dam had a population of 12 people.
Geography
The terrain is undeveloped mountains with elevations ranging from with one named peak Mount Tooth .
The
Eungella Dam
Eungella Dam is an earth and rockfill dam in the locality of Eungella Dam, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of Queensland's freshwater fisheries. Eungella has made a name for producing extra oversized sooty grunter and more rece ...
is in the centre of the locality at elevation . It creates Lake Eungella. It receives inflows from
Broken River and other creeks.
The land to the west of the dam is protected as Crediton Forest Reserve and Crediton State Forest.
History
The locality takes its name from the dam, which in turn takes its name from the town and pastoral run name, which in turn was named in July 1876 by explorer
Ernest Favenc
Ernest Favenc (21 October 1845 – 14 November 1908) was an explorer of Australia, a journalist, author of verse, novels and short stories, and an historian.
Personal life
Favenc was born in Walworth, Surrey, England. Of Huguenot descent, he ...
in July 1876. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word, meaning ''land of cloud''.
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References
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Mackay Region
Localities in Queensland