Jundah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Fiery Opal from Opalville Mine, Jundah field | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°49′57″S143°03′35″E / 24.8325°S 143.0597°E Coordinates: 24°49′57″S143°03′35″E / 24.8325°S 143.0597°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 106 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.00810/km2 (0.02098/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4736 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 13,085.7 km2 (5,052.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Barcoo Shire | ||||||||||||||
County | Wolseley | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Jundah is a town and a locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [1] Jundah is the administrative centre of the Barcoo Shire local government area. In the 2016 census, Jundah had a population of 106 people. [1]
The town is located on the Thomson River in Central West Queensland, 1,122 kilometres (697 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane. [4]
Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council. [5]
The outback town was established in 1883 and given a name meaning "woman" in a local Aboriginal language. [2]
Jundah was first settled by pastoralists Patrick Durack (on Thylungra) and his brother-in-law John Costello (on Kyabra). [6]
In 1873 Jundah was acquired by grazier William Pitt Tozer, who built a homestead on the land. From 1875 to 1880 the Jundah homestead was utilised by the paramilitary Native Police as their main barracks on the lower Thomson River. [7] [8]
Jundah Post Office opened on 26 June 1877 (a receiving office named Jundah Police Barracks had been open from 1876). [9]
Jundah State School opened on 30 April 1900. [10] [11]
Jundah was home to an opal mining industry for around twenty years in the early twentieth century before the industry closed down due to water shortages. [6]
The Jundah Library opened in 2005. [12]
At the 2011 census, Jundah and surrounds had a population of 350. [13]
Jundah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Today, the town now supports the surrounding sheep and cattle industry.
As well as the Barcoo Shire administration centre, other facilities in the town include a police station, general store, post office agency and a tourist information centre. [6]
The Barcoo Shire Council operate Jundah Library at 11 Dickson Street. [15]
Jundah State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 11 Garrick Street ( 24°49′49″S143°03′43″E / 24.8304°S 143.0619°E ). [16] [17] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [18]
There are no secondary schools in Jundah or nearby. [4] The options would be boarding schools or distance education.
Roughly 30 km to the south east of the town is Welford National Park.
Each year the town celebrates German-Australian culture by holding "the world's most remote Oktoberfest". [19]
Welford is a national park in Central West Queensland, Australia, 991 km west of Brisbane founded by Claire Gillman. It is located just to the south east of Jundah. The park was established in 1992 to protect the biodiversity of the mulga lands, mitchell grass and Channel Country ecoregions. The southern border is marked by the Barcoo River.
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