Tansey is a rural town and

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in the

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was creat ...

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, Australia. In the , Tansey had a population of 144 people.

Geography

The north and centre of the locality is within Grongah National Park, which extends into neighbouring localities Malarga, Gigoomgan, Calgoa, and Mudlo. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is cattle grazing. The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs between its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, and Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The ...

passes through the south-west of the locality from

Boonara Boonara is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Boonara had a population of 74 people. History The Boonara pastoral station was established in 1862. Land in Boonara was open for selection on 17 April 1877 ...

in the south to Booubyjan in the west. The town is located on the highway at its intersection with the Kilkivan Tansey Road, which provides a connection to Kilkivan.

History

The town takes its name from selector Michael Tansey, a resident on "Lakeview" from 1877. On 26 September 1926, an

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church was opened by Reverend W. Neimeyer. It was at 103 Wittenberg Road (). Circa 1997, the church was relocated to 19 Olive Street,

Goomeri Goomeri ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Goomeri had a population of 664 people. Geography The town is located on the intersection of the Burnett, Bunya and Wide Bay Hi ...

. Tansey State School opened on 6 June 1916. It closed on 13 December 1996. It was on Planted Creek Road (approx ). Previously, an abbotoir (Anstey) operated, as did a local butter factory. Tansey Bowls Club was formed in 1953. Located adjacent to Boonara Creek, the bowls club was flooded in 1955-1956, in 2013, and in 2022. In the , Tansey had a population of 144 people. Tansey suffered considerable damage when a

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

struck the community in October 2018. The

Bureau of Meteorology The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together ...

said the tornado hit the town just after 3pm on 11 October 2018.

Education

There are no schools in Tansey. The nearest government primary schools are Kilkivan State School in neighbouring Kilkivan to the south-east and Goomeri State School in

to the south. Both of these schools also provide secondary education to Year 10. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government schools are Murgon State High School in

Murgon Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,378 people. Geography Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern ...

to the south and

James Nash State High School James Nash State High School is an independent 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 1200 students each year, with an of ...

Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queen ...

to the south-east.

Amenities

Tansey Showgrounds is at 30 Tansey Hall Road (). Tansey Hall is at the showgrounds (). Tansey Bowls Club is at 28 Tansey Hall Road (). Tansey Cemetery is at the end of Tansey Cemetery Road (off the Burnett Highway, ).

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Gympie Region Localities in Queensland