Bundock is an abandoned rural town in the
Shire of Richmond
The Shire of Richmond is a local government area in north western Queensland, Australia.
It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1916. It is part of the Gulf Country.
In the , the Shire of Richmond had a popul ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia.
The town is within the
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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* Suburbs and localitie ...
of
Maxwelton.
Geography
The town is just south of O'Connell Creek. Bundock was (and still is) at the midpoint of a
stock route
A stock route, also known as travelling stock route (TSR), is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock routes across the country are colloquial ...
between the towns of Maxwelton and Richmond.
There are 10 half-acre town lots, but there are no buildings nor signs of any development.
History
The town was surveyed by Frank A. Gorringe on 14 December 1899 and gazetted as a town on 10 February 1900.
[
Bundock is named after horse breeder Wellington Cochrane Bundock (1812–1898).]Richmond
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* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
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).
References
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Shire of Richmond
Towns in Queensland