Jundah, Queensland

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Geography

The town is located on the Thomson River in Central West Queensland, 1,122 kilometres (697 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane.[4]

History

Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council.[5]

The outback town was established in 1883 and given a name meaning "woman" in a local Aboriginal language.[2]

Jundah was first settled by pastoralists Patrick Durack (on Thylungra) and his brother-in-law John Costello (on Kyabra).[6]

In 1873, Jundah was acquired by grazier William Pitt Tozer, who built a homestead on the land. From 1875 to 1880 the Jundah homestead was utilised by the paramilitary Native Police as their main barracks on the lower Thomson River.[7][8]

Jundah Post Office opened on 26 June 1877 (a receiving office named Jundah Police Barracks had been open from 1876).[9]

Jundah State School opened on 30 April 1900 with about 50 students. At that time, the town had a population of about 300 people.[10][11]

Jundah was home to an opal mining industry for around twenty years in the early twentieth century before the industry closed down due to water shortages.[6]

The Jundah Library opened in 2005.[12]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the locality of Jundah and surrounds had a population of 350 people.[13]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Jundah had a population of 106 people.[14]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Jundah had a population of 131 people.[1]

Heritage listings

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Welford Homestead, 2005

Jundah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Today, the town now supports the surrounding sheep and cattle industry.

Facilities

As well as the Barcoo Shire administration centre, other facilities in the town include a police station, general store, post office agency and a tourist information centre.[6]

The Barcoo Shire Council operate Jundah Library at 11 Dickson Street.[16]

Education

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Jundah State School, 2022
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Classroom, Jundah State School, 2022

Jundah State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 11 Garrick Street (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[17][18] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[19] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 2 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[20]

There are no secondary schools in Jundah or nearby.[4] The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.

Attractions

The Barcoo Shire Museum is on the corner of Miles and Macrossan Streets (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.). The museum is in the former administration centre of the Barcoo Shire Council, relocated to its present location.[21]

Roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the south east of the town is Welford National Park.

Events

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References

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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The "Great Run Case."". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXII, no. 3, 453. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1878. p. 3. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Country News". The Queenslander. Vol. XVII, no. 248. Queensland, Australia. 15 May 1880. p. 615. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our School". Jundah State School. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welford Homestead (entry 600023)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jundah Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Barcoo Shire Museum". Barcoo Shire Council. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Outback Oktoberfest". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

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