Ginoondan is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

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, Australia. In the , Ginoondan had a population of 12 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west and south-west by Barambah Creek. The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, Queensland, Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar ...

enters the locality from the west (

Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ...

/ Campbell Creek) and exits to the south ( Ban Ban). Scrubby Mountain is in the north-east of the locality (), rising to above sea level. The land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation with some crop growing in the south-west of the locality.

History

Ginoondan Provisional School opened on 26 October 1903. On 1 January 1909, it became Ginoondan State School. It closed in 1949. It was on the eastern corner of the Burnett Highway and the Gayndah Mount Perry Road ().

Demographics

In the , Ginoondan had a population of 16 people. In the , Ginoondan had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ginoondan. The nearest government primary schools are Gayndah State School in neighbouring

to the west and Coalstoun Lakes State School in neighbouring Coalstoun Lakes to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Burnett State College (to Year 12) in Gayndah to the west and Biggenden State School (to Year 10) in

Biggenden Biggenden is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Biggenden had a population of 788 people. Geography Biggenden is on the Isis Highway north ...

to the north-east. There is also a Catholic primary school in Gayndah.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland