Gurgeena is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Gurgeena had a population of 35 people.

Geography

Gurgeena is on the

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 B ...

(). Land use is principally agricultural and state forest. The Binjour Range

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, 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

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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 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 n ...

(Mundowran) and

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Stations comprised the

. 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,

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, surveying for the proposed

Degilbo Degilbo is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Degilbo had a population of 174 people. History The name ''Degilbo'' was the name of a pastoral run owned by William Henry Walsh ( ...

Gayndah Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. Geography Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...

railway line extension. The purpose of the survey was to find land suitable for agriculture. Closer settlement would yield economic benefits for both the railway and the farmers. His report was laid before the Queensland Parliament on 16 November 1897. At this time the plateau was unnamed. Binjour Station and Reid's Creek were at the foot of the eastern edge of the plateau. Reid's Creek was also known as Binjour Creek. The plateau was named Mount Murray by the Hon. John Murray, Minister for Railways and Works, when he and others inspected the land in January 1899. In 1899 Mr St John Wood, District-Surveyor, presented another survey specifically on Murray's Plateau to the Surveyor-General. By 1906 the Brisbane Courier reported Murray Plateau "going back to original nomenclature. The name of Binjour, with its native associations, supplants that of Murray in defining the great plateau ... ." At this time it was being opened up for

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as agricultural farms. Gurgeena State School opened on 7 November 1912 and closed in 1959. The school was on Top Gurgeena Road (). In the , Gurgeena had a population of 35 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gurgeena. The nearest government primary school is Binjour Plateau State School in neighbouring Binjour to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Eidsvold State School (to Year 12) in Eidsvold to the north-west, Mundubbera State School (to Year 10) in

to the south-west, and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in

to the south-east.

Geography

History

Education

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