Bundock, Queensland Explained

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.

Geography

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.

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. 30 November 2019.
  2. 20 July 2021.
  3. 20 July 2021.
  4. News: 16 August 1898. THE LATE W. C. BUNDOCK.. 8. Clarence And Richmond Examiner. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 30 December 2021. 30 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230035910/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61295789. live.