Mondure

Mondure is a town and a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Mondure
Queensland
Mondure
Coordinates26.1803°S 151.7735°E / -26.1803; 151.7735
Established1844
Postcode(s)4611
Area26.6 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Localities around Mondure:
Marshlands Marshlands Silverleaf
Kawl Kawl Mondure Silverleaf
Keysland Leafdale Silverleaf

History

The town takes its name from the railway station name, which was in turn assigned on 11 January 1918, from the name of a pastoral run taken up in 1844 by Richard Jones, which used a Waka language word, mondhur meaning small ant.

Land was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 68 square miles (180 km2) were available in Mondure and 56 square miles (150 km2) in Mondure back run.[3]

Circa 1900s, 78 farming blocks in the Mondure Estate were advertised to be sold. The map advertisement states that the blocks were 6 miles from Wondai railway station and 4 miles from Murgon railway station.[4]

The railway station name was originally called Koobli (assigned on 23 February 1917 by the Queensland Railways Department), changed at the request of the Mondure Branch of the Queensland Farmers Union.[1]

References
  1. "Mondure - town in South Burnett Region (entry 22488)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Mondure - locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46246)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  4. "The Mondure Estate". n.d. hdl:10462/deriv/282123. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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