Mount Bindango is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the Mount Bindango had a population of 33 people.

Geography

The

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forms the southern boundary of the locality, entering the locality from

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/ Mount Abundance to the east and exiting to Muckadilla in the south-west. The Western railway line runs parallel and immediately north of the highway. Brinsop was a neighbourhood () that developed around the now-abandoned Brinsop railway station () on the Western railway line in the south-west of the locality. The abandoned Bindango railway station was also on the Western railway line () on the southern boundary of the locality. Ona Ona was a neighbourhood (). that developed around the Ona Ona railway station on the now-closed

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. There are two named peaks, close together in the north-west of the locality: * Mount Bindango ( ) above sea level * Mount Bindyego ( ) above sea level The land use is agricultural, mostly

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on native vegetation, and there are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Bindango () * Coonong () * Glen Alva () *Goldsborough () * Keele Downs ( ) * Myrong ( ) * Norolle ( ) * North Bindango ( )

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain, which was named on 11 May 1846 by the

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, Thomas Mitchell, based on the name given to him by Aboriginal informants. Mount Bindyego was also named by Mitchell on the same day based on the name provided by Aboriginal informants. The name ''Brinsop'' comes from the village of Brinsop in

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, England, which possibly means brown valley (brun/hop). The name ''Ona Ona'' was assigned on 29 April 1915 by the

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, an Aboriginal phrase, meaning ''boxtree flat''. At about 5.30 a.m. on Friday 6 November 1987, the Cunnamulla-bound Westlander train was derailed at the nearby Bindango railway siding between

and Muckadilla, approximately west of Roma. An infant was burnt to death in the resulting fire. Investigations revealed that the points had been deliberately changed from the main railway line to divert the train into the siding. The police offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to the person responsible. In the Mount Bindango had a population of 33 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Bindango. Roma State College in Roma to the east is the nearest primary and secondary school.

References

{{Maranoa Region Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland