Bunya Mountains, Queensland

Bunya Mountains is a locality split between the Western Downs Region and the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] The town of Mount Mowbullan (26.8853°S 151.5972°E / -26.8853; 151.5972 (Mount Mowbullan (town))) is within the locality.[3] In the 2016 census Bunya Mountains had a population of 144 people.[1]

For the mountains, see Bunya Mountains.
Bunya Mountains
Queensland
Bunya Mountains
Coordinates26.8780°S 151.55°E / -26.8780; 151.55 (Bunya Mountains (centre of locality))
Population144 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.3881/km2 (1.005/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4405
Area371.0 km2 (143.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Bunya Mountains:
Cooranga Boyneside Alice Creek
Bell Bunya Mountains Wengenville
Moola Rangemore
Upper Cooyar Creek		 Pimpimbudgee


Geography

The locality is split between the two local government areas with the smaller north-eastern part of the locality in South Burnett Region and the larger south-western part in the Western Downs Region. The north-eastern part is almost entirely within the Bunya Mountains National Park with a small portion of the south-western part also in the National Park. In contrast most of the south-western part is freehold land used for agriculture but only a very small portion of the north-eastern part as freehold land, used for residential and agricultural purposes. The Bunya Mountain Road roughly follows the split between the two local government areas[4]

The Bunya Highway passes through the western corner of the locality.[4]

The locality of Mowbullan (in the Western Downs Region) is completely enclosed by the locality of Bunya Mountains and does not form part of the national park.[4] This enclosure within another locality is unusual in Queensland and contrary to the Queensland Government's normal policies.[5]

History

The locality name comes from the mountain range, Bunya Mountains, and is a Kabi language word bonyi or bunyi, indicating the Bunya pine tree (Araucaria bidwillii).[2]

Bunya Mountains Provisional Schoolopened on 6 October 1919 and closed on 15 December 1922.[6]

In the 2016 census Bunya Mountains had a population of 144 people.[1]

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bunya Mountains (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Bunya Mountains – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47673)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Mount Mowbullan – population centre in the South Burnett Region (entry 23105)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. "Defining boundaries and extent". How places are named. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. 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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