Traveston is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Traveston had a population of 480 people.

Geography

Traveston is predominantly farm land with a small urban area to the west of the Traveston railway station () on the North Coast railway line which passes through the north-eastern part of the locality from the south-east to the north-west. The Bruce Highway passes through the south-western part of the locality travelling from the south-west to the north-west. Traveston Road connects the highway to the railway station and then follows the railway line to the south-east to neighbouring Cooran. Green Ridge is a neighbourhood in the locality (). Dairying is the main industry.

History

The town is believed to be named after an early settler/grazier called Traves or Travers who was in the area in the 1860s. Traveston Provisional School opened on 24 August 1891. In 1907 it was renamed Skyring's Creek Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Skyring's Creek State School. In 1915 it was renamed Coles Creek State School. It closed on 27 February 1961. Its location was in neighbouring Coles Creek to the south. Traveston Siding Provisional School opened on 4 August 1896. On 1 January 1909 it became Traveston Siding State school. In 1929 it was renamed Traveston State School. It closed on 9 June 1967. The school was on the Traveston Road immediately south of the junction with the Tandur Traveston Road (approx ). Green Ridge State School opened on 22 April 1912 and closed in August 1960. The school was on the south-eastern corner of the Old Bruce Highway and the Old Traveston Road (approx ). In the 2011 census, Traveston had a population of 470 people. In the the locality of Traveston had a population of 480 people.

Heritage listings

Traveston 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: * Alford Street: Traveston Railway Station * 1813 Bruce Highway: Traveston Homestead * 7 Traveston Road ():

Traveston Powder Magazine Traveston Powder Magazine is a heritage-listed gunpowder magazine incorporated within the Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall at 7 Traveston Road, Traveston, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1887 by Queensland Department of ...

(incorporated in Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall)

Education

There are no schools in Traveston. The nearest government primay schools are Cooran State School in neighbouring Cooran to the east and Dagun State School in Dagun to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are

Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School is a twin campus high school based in Cooroy and Pomona in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The school was established in 1963, and as of 2016, had 1335 students. It is the longest-established secondar ...

(which has its junior campus in

Pomona Pomona may refer to: Places Argentina * Pomona, Río Negro Australia * Pomona, Queensland, Australia, a town in the Shire of Noosa * Pomona, New South Wales, Australia Belize * Pomona, Belize, a municipality in Stann Creek District Mexico ...

and its senior campus in

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooroy had a population of 3,791 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa H ...

, both to the south-east) 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 ...

in Gympie to the north-west.

Attractions

Dingo Creek Winery and Vineyard is at 265 Tandur Traveston Road. There are tours and tastings available.

Events

The

Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival The Dingo Creek Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival is a music festival in Australia at the Dingo Creek Vineyard at Traveston, Queensland, south of Gympie. History and charity David and Marg Gillespie began this festival in 2002 to commemorate what woul ...

is an annual event since 2002 at the Dingo Creek Winery. It raises money for community charities as well as for Sudden infant death syndrome.

References

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