Bundock, Queensland

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Bundock
Queensland
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Bundock
Coordinates 20°39′46″S142°53′36″E / 20.6627°S 142.8933°E / -20.6627; 142.8933 Coordinates: 20°39′46″S142°53′36″E / 20.6627°S 142.8933°E / -20.6627; 142.8933
Postcode(s) 4822
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Shire of Richmond
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Kennedy

Bundock is an abandoned rural town in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. [1] The town is within the locality of Maxwelton. [2]

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Geography

The town is just south of O'Connell Creek. Bundock was (and still is) at the midpoint of a stock route between the towns of Maxwelton and Richmond. [3]

There are 10 half-acre town lots, but there are no buildings nor signs of any development. [3]

History

The town was surveyed by Frank A. Gorringe on 14 December 1899 and gazetted as a town on 10 February 1900. [1]

Bundock is named after horse breeder Wellington Cochrane Bundock (1812-1898). [4] In 1863, Bundock formed a partnership with Walter Hayes to graze cattle on the Richmond Downs pastoral run (the origin of the town of Richmond). [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bundock – town in Shire of Richmond (entry 48159)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Bundock – population centre in Shire of Richmond (entry 48159)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. "Bundock – population centre in Shire of Richmond (entry 48159)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. "THE LATE W. C. BUNDOCK". Clarence And Richmond Examiner . New South Wales, Australia. 16 August 1898. p. 8. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021 via National Library of Australia.