| Type: | suburb |
| Dumgree | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -24.1713°N 150.6388°W |
| Pop: | 63 |
| Postcode: | 4715 |
| Area: | 784.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 33.6 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Biloela |
| Dist2: | 87.6 |
| Dir2: | SW |
| Location2: | Gladstone |
| Dist3: | 145 |
| Dir3: | S |
| Location3: | Rockhampton |
| Dist4: | 587 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Banana |
| Stategov: | Callide |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Ulogie |
| Near-Ne: | Mount Alma |
| Near-E: | Mount Alma |
| Near-Se: | Tablelands |
| Near-S: | Valentine Plains |
| Near-Sw: | Mount Murchison |
| Near-W: | Callide |
| Near-Nw: | Jambin |
Dumgree is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.
The Dawson Highway enters the locality from the north-east (Mount Alma) and exits to the west (Callide).[2]
The Moura railway line enters the locality from the east (Mount Alma) and exits to the north-west (Jambin). The locality is served by two railway stations:
There are a number of protected areas within the locality (from north to south):
Dumgree has the following mountains (from north to south):
Apart from the protected areas, the land use in the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. There is mining for coal and oil shale in the south-west of the locality, some of which takes place within the Callide Timber Reserve.[15]
John Saunders Bell selected a pastoral run of in 1856.[16] He called it Dumgree after the place in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, where he attended school.[17] [18] [19]
In the, Dumgree had a population of 55 people.
In the, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.
There are no schools in Dumgree. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Murchison State School in neighbouring Mount Murchison to the south-west and Wowan State School in Wowan to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela to the south-west.[20] Students living in the north-west of Dumgree might be too distant from these schools for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding schools.