Kandanga is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 659 people.

Geography

The town is located on the

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( State Route 51) north of the state capital,

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and south west of

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, on the banks of Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River. This river forms the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the locality. Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including

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and Dagun.

History

The first township in the area was called Bunya Creek. When the railway sideling opened to Kandanga in 1914, the town moved to its present site and adopted its current name. The name "Kandanga" may be derived from the local

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Aboriginal language, meaning a ''fork'' or sharp bend of the creek or it may refer to the ''cabbage tree''. KandangaWarMemorial

Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a

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had been open from 1895). Kandanga State School opened in September 1915. The Kandanga War Memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1920 by the

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for the Cooroora Harry Walker. In 2006, the Beattie state government announced plans to construct the

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at Traveston Crossing on the upper Mary River. The proposed dam, designed to provide water to the growing Sunshine Coast, was to have flooded fertile farmland, including Kandanga. However, the dam did not proceed on environmental grounds, but not before much of the land required was bought up and the original owners moved on. A reconstruction plan was implemented following the decision to not build the dam, with farm land subdivided and offered to new owners who have introduced new crops to the Mary Valley. On 12 December 2015, the 101-year-old Kandanga Hotel burned down following a fire which started in the kitchen. Local people rallied to establish a temporary hotel next door until the hotel could be rebuilt. The hotel reopened on 12 July 2017.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 596 people. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 659 people.

Heritage listings

Kadanga has a number of

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sites, including: * Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds * Kandanga Railway Station, Main Street * Kandanga Cottage, 65 Main Street * Kandanga Memorial Hall, 81 Main Street * Kandanga State School, 84–86 Main Street * Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 41–45 Stephens Street

Education

Kandanga State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 84 Main Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Kandanga. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in neighbouring

to the south and

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(to Year 12) in

to the north.

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: KandangaMary Valley Tourist siteTravelmate site
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