Humphery 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 ...

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. In the , Humphery had a population of 24 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river 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 and east ...

forms the south-western boundary and part of the southern boundary before flowing through and forming part of the eastern boundary. Aranbanga Creek also forms part of the southern boundary before joining the Burnett River. Boomerang is a neighbourhood in the locality (). The Mungar-to-Monto railway line traversed the locality roughly following the northern side of the Burnett River, entering from the east (

Dirnbir Dirnbir is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dirnbir had a population of 59 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the southern boundary of the locality at an e ...

) and exiting to the north-west ( Philpott). There were two railway stations serving the locality: * Humphery railway station () * Boomerang railway station ()

History

Boomerang takes its name from a pastoral run of which was from the town of

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 ...

. In 1853 the run was held in 1853 by Edmund L. Smee. The seventh section of the

Mungar Junction to Monto railway line The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway ...

opened from

Boomerang A boomerang () is a thrown tool typically constructed with airfoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight, designed to return to the thrower. The origin of the word is from Australian Aborigin ...

was opened on 1 November 1913 with the Humphery and Boomerang railway stations serving the locality. On 1 June 1918, one man was killed and two women were seriously injured following this collision between a cattle train and a mixed goods train at Humphery railway station. The collision crushed the guard's van and telescoped a passenger carriage, fatally injuring one of its occupants. The railway line closed in 2012. In 2022, the railway line through Humphery was re-opened as a section of the

Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail The Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail is a recreational route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders from Taragoola (near Calliope, Queensland, Calliope) to Gayndah. It uses the closed Byellee to Monto railway line, Gladstone to Monto and Mungar J ...

Demographics

In the , Humphery had a population of 34 people. In the , Humphery had a population of 24 people.

Heritage listings

Humphery has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...

sites, including: * Humphery Railway Bridge, Mungar-to-Monto railway line ()

Education

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

to the east,

Binjour Plateau State School Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 86 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, Br ...

in neighbouring

Binjour Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 86 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, B ...

to the north, and

Mundubbera State College Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although th ...

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although ...

to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Mundubbera State College (to Year 10) and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in

References

External links

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland