Dunkeld, Queensland

Dunkeld
Queensland
Dunkeld
Coordinates 27°07′17″S 148°03′15″E / 27.1213°S 148.0541°E / -27.1213; 148.0541Coordinates: 27°07′17″S 148°03′15″E / 27.1213°S 148.0541°E / -27.1213; 148.0541
Postcode(s) 4465
Area 3,018.0 km2 (1,165.3 sq mi)
LGA(s) Maranoa Region
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal Division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Dunkeld:
V Gate Eurella Mount Abundance
Bargunyah Dunkeld Ballaroo
Bindebango Bindebango Begonia

Dunkeld is a locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

The Maranoa River flows from north to south through the locality.[2]

History

The name Dunkeld derives from a pastoral run name given in 1863 by pastoralists Edward Flood and Samuel Deane Gordon, after the village of Dunkeld, Tayside, Scotland.[1]

Dunkeld State School opened on 25 January 1965.[3]

Education

Dunkeld State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) on Mitchell-St George Road. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 9 students with 1 teacher and 5 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dunkeld - locality in Maranoa Region (entry 47419)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Dunkeld State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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