Humphery 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

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 ear ...

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 , Humphery had a population of 34 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...

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 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 ...

. 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 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: * Mungar-to-Monto railway line (): Humphery Railway Bridge

References

External links

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland