Owanyilla, Queensland

Owanyilla is a town and a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Owanyilla
Queensland
Owanyilla
Coordinates25.6452°S 152.6266°E / -25.6452; 152.6266
Postcode(s)4650
Area48.3 km2 (18.6 sq mi)
LGA(s)Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s)Maryborough
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Owanyilla:
Antigua Glenorchy Teddington
Pioneers Rest Owanyilla Teddington
Tiaro Tiaro Teddington

Geography

The Mary River is the western boundary of the locality. Most of the land is used for farming, predominantly grazing but also some crops.[3]

The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. The North Coast railway line passes south to north to the west of the highway, crossing the Mary River.[3]

History

In the 1840s, Owanyilla was known as Coopers Plain and Police Camp.[4] Owanyilla was used as a barracks for the Native Police from 1857 until the mid 1860s.[1]

Owanyilla State school opened in 1880 and closed in 1937.[5]

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References
  1. "Owanyilla - town in Fraser Coast Region (entry 25659)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. "Owanyilla - locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46732)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. "Owanyilla". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (2243). Queensland, Australia. 7 January 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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