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The South Burnett Region covers an area 8,382 square kilometres (3,236 sq mi), [2] containing a population of 32,555 [2] in June 2018 and has an estimated operating budget of A$42 m (as at 2008). The Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg is an enclave within the South Burnett Region, but is not part of it administratively as it has its own local ...
The D'Aguilar Highway leads south east, while the Bunya Highway enters the region from the south west. The Wide Bay Highway connects to Gympie and the Bruce Highway towards the coast and the Burnett Highway continues north of the region. The Brisbane Valley railway line reached Blackbutt in 1905. The line was closed in the 1993. [2]
The North Burnett Region was created from the 15 March 2008 amalgamation of: the Shire of Biggenden; the Shire of Eidsvold; the Shire of Gayndah; the Shire of Monto; the Shire of Mundubbera; the Shire of Perry; South Burnett Region: Kingaroy: Wide Bay-Burnett: 2008 8,382: 33,325 33,831 The South Burnett Region was created from the 15 March 2008 ...
Wakka Wakka (Waka Waka, Wocca Wocca, Wakawaka) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Burnett River catchment. The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Gayndah, Eidsvold and Mundubbera.
The Shire of Wondai was a local government area located in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of the capital, Brisbane. The shire covered an area of 3,577.6 square kilometres (1,381.3 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several ...
The South Burnett Regional Council operates a public library in Blackbutt at 69 Hart Street [ 29 ] The Blackbutt Yarraman branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall at 65 Coulson Street ( 26°53′08″S 152°06′10″E / 26.8856°S 152.1027°E / -26.8856; 152.1027 ( Country Women's Association
The Shire covered an area of 1,738.4 square kilometres (671.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the South Burnett area to become the South Burnett Regional Council.
The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Mundubbera, Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Gayndah, and Eidsvold. [10] The name of the town comes from the name of a pastoral property established in 1848 by H.P. Bouverie.