Duingal is a locality in the

Bundaberg Region The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surroundin ...

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, Australia. In the , Duingal had a population of 77 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta ...

forms the northern boundary of the suburb. Elevations near the river are approximately above sea level and most of the developed land (

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farms) is in this area. The rest of the locality is more mountainous rising to unnamed peaks of . Duingal Creek flows from south ( Booyal) to north through the locality where it becomes a tributary of the Burnett River. The Bruce Highway enters from Booyal to the south and traverses the south-west of the locality and then crosses the Burnett River into Wallaville.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the Duingal Creek, which in turn was named by Lewis H. Maynard and is believed to an Aboriginal word, either ''dewingal'' or ''tewingal'' meaning ''scrub iron bark'' from which spears were made. Duingal Provisional School opened circa 1896. It became Duingal State School on 1 January 1909. It closed temporarily in 1909 and 1911 due to low student numbers and finally closed late 1913 or early 1914.

Education

There are no schools in Duingal. The nearest primary schools are in Wallaville, Booyal and Givelda. The nearest secondary school is in Gin Gin.

References

{{Bundaberg Region Bundaberg Region Localities in Queensland