Wengenville
| Wengenville Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Wengenville | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°49′39″S 151°41′14″E / 26.8275°S 151.6872°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 46 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.398/km2 (1.030/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4615 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 115.7 km2 (44.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Wengenville is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Wengenville had a population of 46 people.[1]
Geography
The Maidenwell Bunya Mountain Road, one of three ways to access the Bunya Mountains by road, passes through the locality from east to south.[3]
History
The locality's name is derived from Wengen Creek, which probably comes from the Waka language (Bujiebara dialect) word wingin, which comes from the local Indigenous culture involving an old woman whose name was Winyirgan. Wengenville was probably named at the suggestion of the daughter-in-law of sawmiller Lars Andersen, when the mill was erected on the site. The mill closed in the 1960s and the township was abandoned shortly after.[2]
Maidenwell Provisional School opened in April 1926. In 1934 a new school building was constructed and was opened as Wengenville State School. It closed on 1961.[4]
In the 2016 census Wengenville had a population of 46 people.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wengenville (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Wengenville – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46277)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Wengenville, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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