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Kingaroy (/ k ɪ ŋ ə ˈ r ɔɪ /) [2] is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] [4] The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, 218 kilometres (135 mi) north-west of the state capital Brisbane [5] and 141 kilometres (88 mi) south west of Gympie. [6]
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Under normal circumstances the town water supply for Kingaroy is a 70:30 blend of water from Boondooma and Gordonbrook Dams, as Gordonbrook Dam water is prone to quality issues such as high levels of algae and bromide. [1]
Wooroolin is on the Bunya Highway, 243 kilometres (151 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane, and 17 km's North of the main town, Kingaroy.. Immediately to the east of the town is the Wooroolin Wetland, which is classified as a palustrine wetland, a non-tidal, inland, seasonally flooded, vegetated swamp.
The 56-mile (90 km) peg was near the corner of the Kingaroy Paddock. The termination of the railway line at the peg was the impetus for the establishment of the town of Kingaroy. Daniel Carroll and Arthur Youngman (owner of Taabinga station) sold town blocks at public auction in 1903-04. When the first train arrived on 19 December 1904, the ...
The Shire of Kingaroy was a local government area in the South Burnett area of Queensland, Australia, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the capital, Brisbane.The shire covered an area of 2,420.3 square kilometres (934.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government area from 1912 until 2008, when it amalgamated with a number of other local government areas in the South Burnett area to ...
The town is located on the D'Aguilar Highway, in the South Burnett local government area, 166 kilometres (103 mi) north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.Blackbutt lies within the Cooyar Creek catchment, tributary of the Brisbane River, which rises in the Bunya Mountains to the west.
The bridge was removed in early 2015, shortly after the demolition and removal of the railway track. The South Burnett Regional Council is working with Gympie Regional Council with the planning and construction of the Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail trail between the large town of Kingaroy to Kilkivan via the rail corridor through Murgon. The trail is ...