Type: | town |
Bundock | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -20.6627°N 142.8933°W |
Postcode: | 4822 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Shire of Richmond |
Stategov: | Traeger |
Fedgov: | Kennedy |
Bundock is an abandoned rural town in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland, Australia.[1] The town is within the locality of Maxwelton.
The town is just south of O'Connell Creek. Bundock was (and still is) at the midpoint of a stock route between the towns of Maxwelton and Richmond.
There are 10 half-acre town lots, but there are no buildings nor signs of any development.
The town was surveyed by Frank A. Gorringe on 14 December 1899 and gazetted as a town on 10 February 1900.[1]
Bundock is named after horse breeder Wellington Cochrane Bundock (1812-1898).[2] In 1863, Bundock formed a partnership with Walter Hayes to graze cattle on the Richmond Downs pastoral run (the origin of the town of Richmond).[3] [4]