Kandanga is a town and a

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people.

Geography

The town is located on the

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( State Route 51) north of the state capital,

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and south west of

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, on the banks of Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River. This river forms the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the locality. Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil,

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and Dagun. Kandanga suffered a further blow when its popular hotel burnt down. Just like the valley itself, it is being rebuilt with the determination of locals.

History

The name "Kandanga" may be derived from the local Kabi Aboriginal language, meaning a ''fork'' or sharp bend of the creek or it may refer to the ''cabbage tree''. KandangaWarMemorial

Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a

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had been open from 1895). Kandanga State School opened in September 1915. The Kandanga War Memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1920 by the

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for the Cooroora

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. In 2006, the Beattie state government announced plans to construct the

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at Traveston Crossing on the upper Mary River. The proposed dam, designed to provide water to the growing Sunshine Coast, was to have flooded fertile farmland, including Kandanga. However, the dam did not proceed on environmental grounds, but not before much of the land required was bought up and the original owners moved on. A reconstruction plan was implemented following the decision to not build the dam, with farm land subdivided and offered to new owners who have introduced new crops to the Mary Valley. At the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 596 people. On 12 December 2015, the 101-year-old Kandanga Hotel burned down following a fire which started in the kitchen. Local people rallied to establish a temporary hotel next door until the hotel could be rebuilt. The hotel reopened on 12 July 2017. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people.

Heritage listings

Kadanga has a number of

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sites, including: *

Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds are heritage-listed sheds at Kandanga railway station, Amamoor railway station and Melawondi railway station, all of them on the Mary Valley Branch Railway, Mary Valley, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Th ...

* Main Street: Kandanga Railway Station * 65 Main Street: Kandanga Cottage * 81 Main Street: Kandanga Memorial Hall * 84 – 86 Main Street: Kandanga State School * 41 – 45 Stephens Street: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Education

Kandanga State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 84 Main Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Kandanga. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in neighbouring Imbil to the south and

Gympie State High School Gympie State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 900 students per year, with an official count of 922 s ...

(to Year 12) in

to the north.

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