Banana, Queensland
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 Banana
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| Population: | 627 [1] |
| Postcode: | 4702 |
| LGA: | Banana Shire Council |
Banana is a small town located in Central Queensland, Australia, in the Banana Shire, a Local Government Area. Banana is located at the intersection of the Dawson and Leichhardt highways, 46 kilometres west of the shire's administrative centre, Biloela. At the 2006 census, Banana had a population of 627.[1]
[edit] History
The town was named in the early 1860s. The name derives from an old dun-coloured working bullock, called Banana, used by local stockmen to help them when herding some of the wilder cattle into the yards.[2]
At the time of the Canoona rush, gold was found in Banana's Gully (as it was then called) and a town of at least 2,000 people sprang up there.[2]
The post office at Banana was established on 1 September 1861.[3]
The beef industry is still a mainstay of the town and area, along with coal and agriculture.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Banana (Banana Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC35155&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ a b From series of articles published under the title Queensland place names and obelisks by Sydney May (formerly Honorary Secretary of the Queensland Place Names Committee) in Local Government, June 1957 - November 1964
- ^ Porter, Harry S. (1954) Queensland Numeral Cancellations, p. 13. Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press
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