Windera, Queensland

Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3]

Windera
Queensland
Windera
Coordinates26.045°S 151.8305°E / -26.045; 151.8305
Established1877
Postcode(s)4605
Area159.6 km2 (61.6 sq mi)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Windera:
Stonelands Booubyjan Booubyjan
Stonelands Windera Kitoba
Stonelands Glenrock Cloyna

History

Land in Windera was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 91 square miles (240 km2) were available.[4]

The town was originally shown on a 1924 survey plan as Kantara with the railway station named Jelanga, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 March 1924. However, on 2 August 1924, the station was renamed Windera after a pastoral run operated from 1849 by pastoralist Paul Lawless. The town name changed to match the railway station.[1]

Windera was the terminus of the Windera railway line, a branch line from the Murgon-to-Proston railway line. Both lines are now closed.

The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinitywas dedicated on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. Its closure on 3 June 2005 was approved by Assistant Bishop Rob Nolan.[5]

Education

Windera State School is on the Murgon-Gayndah Road and caters for students Prep to Year 6.[6] The school opened on 24 May 1920.[7]

References
  1. "Windera - town in South Burnett Region (entry 37651)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Windera - locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46281)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Windera - locality in Gympie Region (entry 46401)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. "Windera State School". Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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