Windera, Queensland

Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3]

Windera
Queensland
Windera
Coordinates26.045°S 151.8305°E / -26.045; 151.8305
Established1877
Postcode(s)4605
Area159.6 km2 (61.6 sq mi)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Windera:
Stonelands Booubyjan Booubyjan
Stonelands Windera Kitoba
Stonelands Glenrock Cloyna

History

Land in Windera was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 91 square miles (240 km2) were available.[4]

The town was originally shown on a 1924 survey plan as Kantara with the railway station named Jelanga, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 March 1924. However, on 2 August 1924, the station was renamed Windera after a pastoral run operated from 1849 by pastoralist Paul Lawless. The town name changed to match the railway station.[1]

Windera was the terminus of the Windera railway line, a branch line from the Murgon-to-Proston railway line. Both lines are now closed.

The Church of the Holy Trinity Anglican church was dedicated on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. It was approved in September 1992.[5]

Education

Windera State School is on the Murgon-Gayndah Road and caters for students Prep to Year 6.[6] The school opened on 24 May 1920.[7]

References
  1. "Windera - town in South Burnett Region (entry 37651)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Windera - locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46281)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Windera - locality in Gympie Region (entry 46401)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Closed Churches". Anglican Church Southern Queensland. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Windera State School". Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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