Cunningham, Queensland

Cunningham is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Cunningham had a population of 66 people.[1]

Cunningham
Queensland
Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015
Cunningham
Coordinates28.1666°S 151.8191°E / -28.1666; 151.8191 (Cunningham (centre of locality))
Population66 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.75/km2 (9.71/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Cunningham:
Pratten Upper Wheatvale Wheatvale
Montrose Cunningham Wheatvale
Greymare Rodgers Creek Rodgers Creek

History

The locality is named after explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who was the first European to see the lush pastures of the Darling Downs in 1827.[2]

In the 2016 census Cunningham had a population of 66 people.[1]

Geography

The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality in an approximately east-west direction and forms part of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The land is mostly used for farming. There is a small urban centre on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road which features the Country Women's Association Memorial Hall at Cunningham Road,[3] a memorial park and the now disused Cunningham railway station.[4]

Amenities
Memorial park, 2015
Memorial to Patrick Leslie, Cunningham, 2015
War memorial, Cunningham, 2015
Monument to local pioneering families, 2015

The memorial park has a picnic table as well as three memorials to (left to right):

  • Patrick Leslie, the first settler on the Darling Downs who founded Toolburra Station north of the park
  • the local servicemen who died in World War I and World War II
  • the pioneer families of the district: Clancy, Mullins, McMahon and Cantwell

The memorial cairn to Patrick Leslie was erected by the Rosenthal Shire Council and unveiled on 10 December 1959 by the Shire Chairman, J. A. Costello.[5]

The Cunningham branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall on Cunningham Road.[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cunningham (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Cunningham – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45917)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Branch locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "Plaque about the Patrick Leslie memorial cairn, Cunningham, 2015". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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