Jundah
Queensland
Fiery Opal from Opalville Mine, Jundah field
Jundah is located in Queensland
Jundah
Jundah
Coordinates24°49′57″S 143°03′35″E / 24.8325°S 143.0597°E / -24.8325; 143.0597 (Jundah (town centre))
Population106 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.00810/km2 (0.02098/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4736
Area13,085.7 km2 (5,052.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Barcoo Shire
CountyWolseley
State electorate(s)Gregory
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Jundah:
Stonehenge Stonehenge Isisford
Yaraka
Farrars Creek Jundah Adavale
Windorah Windorah Eromanga

Jundah is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] Jundah is the administrative centre of the Barcoo Shire local government area. In the 2016 census, the locality of Jundah had a population of 106 people.[1]

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]

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

In the 2016 census, the locality of Jundah had a population of 106 people.[1]

Heritage listings

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.[15]

Education

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

Jundah State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 11 Garrick Street (24°49′49″S 143°03′43″E / 24.8304°S 143.0619°E / -24.8304; 143.0619 (Jundah State School)).[16][17] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[18] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 2 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[19]

There are no secondary schools in Jundah or nearby.[4] The options would be boarding schools or distance education.

Attractions

The Barcoo Shire Museum is on the corner of Miles and Macrossan Streets (24°49′47″S 143°03′38″E / 24.8297°S 143.0606°E / -24.8297; 143.0606 (Barcoo Shire Museum)). The museum is in the former administration centre of the Barcoo Shire Council, relocated to its present location.[20]

Roughly 30 km to the south east of the town is Welford National Park.

Events

Each year the town celebrates German-Australian culture by holding "the world's most remote Oktoberfest".[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jundah (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jundah – town in Shire of Barcoo (entry 17485)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jundah – locality in Shire of Barcoo (entry 50019)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ↑ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "JUNDAH". Queensland Health - Work for us - Location Profiles. State of Queensland. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "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. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Our School". Jundah State School. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Jundah (Windorah) (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Welford Homestead (entry 600023)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Jundah Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Jundah State School". Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  20. ↑ "Barcoo Shire Museum". Barcoo Shire Council. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  21. ↑ "Outback Oktoberfest". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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