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Wide Bay–Burnett is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, located between 170–400 km (110–250 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane.The area's population growth has exceeded the state average over the past 20 years, and it is forecast to grow to more than 430,000 by 2031.
In the Wide Bay–Burnett, the city of Gympie suffered its worst flooding since 1893, with the Mary river peaking at 22.96 metres on 28 February. [33] About 550 people sought shelter at the Gympie evacuation shelter, and up to 3600 homes were inundated in the city. [34]
The Wide Bay–Burnett region is located north-east of the Darling Downs and north of the Sunshine Coast, covering a region of 52,377 square kilometres (20,223 sq mi). It consists of the Bundaberg, Fraser Coast, Gympie, North Burnett and South Burnett local government areas. Major centres include Bundaberg, Gympie, Hervey Bay, Kingaroy and ...
The United pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa and from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Colony of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1858. [1] [2] [3]
The Burnett River was surveyed by John Charles Burnett, after whom it was named during his exploration mission of the Wide Bay and Burnett regions in 1847. [28] [29] British occupation of the land in the region began in 1848 when pastoral squatters Gregory Blaxland Jnr and William Forster established a sheep station.
In February 2022, heavy floods occurred in the Wide Bay–Burnett, South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. The city of Brisbane suffered major flooding, along with the cities of Maryborough, Gympie, the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Logan City, the Gold Coast, Murwillumbah, Grafton and Lismore.
The town is in the Wide Bay–Burnett region on the Burnett Highway, 363 kilometres (226 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane, 209 kilometres (130 mi) north of Dalby and 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of the regional centre, Bundaberg. The Mundubbera-Durong Road exits to the south. [6] Mundubbera is built on the bank on the Burnett River.
The United pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa, [1] and from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis, [2] [3] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1856 and consisted of the pastoral districts around the early settlements of Moreton Bay; Wide Bay, near Maryborough; the ...