Jundah, Queensland

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Jundah
Queensland
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Fiery Opal from Opalville Mine, Jundah field
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Jundah
Coordinates 24°49′57″S143°03′35″E / 24.8325°S 143.0597°E / -24.8325; 143.0597 Coordinates: 24°49′57″S143°03′35″E / 24.8325°S 143.0597°E / -24.8325; 143.0597
Population106 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.00810/km2 (0.02098/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4736
Area13,085.7 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
Localities around Jundah:
Stonehenge Stonehenge Isisford
Farrars Creek Jundah Adavale
Windorah Windorah Eromanga

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]

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Geography

The town is located on the Thomson River in Central West Queensland, 1,122 kilometres (697 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane. [4]

History

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]

Heritage listings

Jundah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Today, the town now supports the surrounding sheep and cattle industry.

Facilities

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]

Education

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 / -24.8304; 143.0619 (Jundah State School) ). [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.

Attractions

Roughly 30 km to the south east of the town is Welford National Park.

Festivals

Each year the town celebrates German-Australian culture by holding "the world's most remote Oktoberfest". [19]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Jundah - town in Shire of Barcoo (entry 17485)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Jundah - locality in Shire of Barcoo (entry 49111)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ↑ CC-BY-icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "JUNDAH". Queensland Health - Work for us - Location Profiles. State of Queensland. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "The "Great Run Case."". The Brisbane Courier . XXXII (3, 453). Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Country News". The Queenslander . XVII (248). Queensland, Australia. 15 May 1880. p. 615. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Jundah SS" . Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Jundah (Windorah) (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 September 2014. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  14. ↑ "Welford Homestead (entry 600023)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Jundah Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Jundah State School" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  19. ↑
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