Kybong, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Kybong
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.2875°N 152.7111°W
Pop:363
Postcode:4570
Area:36.2
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:16.0
Dir1:SSE
Location1:Gympie
Dist2:20.8
Dir2:NNE
Location2:Imbil
Dist3:22.3
Dir3:NW
Location3:Pomona
Dist4:29.0
Dir4:NW
Location4:Cooroy
Dist5:161
Dir5:N
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Gympie Region
Stategov:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:Glanmire
Near-Ne:Woondum
Near-E:Tandur
Near-Se:Traveston
Near-S:Coles Creek
Near-Sw:Dagun
Amamoor
Near-W:Lagoon Pocket
Gilldora
Near-Nw:The Dawn

Kybong is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Kybong had a population of 363 people.

Geography

Kybong is 11km (07miles) south-east of Gympie's central business district along the Bruce Highway, which passes through the locality from the south-east (Traveston) to the north (Glanmire).

The Mary River forms the western boundary.

Gympie Aerodrome is at 20 Lobwein Road (-26.29°N 152.7029°W).[2] The Gympie Aero Club and Gympie Gliding Club are based there in addition to flight training and aircraft maintenance services. It is operated by the Gympie Regional Council.[3]

The locality is home to a large truck stop on the Old Bruce Highway.[4] The truck stop was home to Matilda, the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games before it was relocated to a new truck stop in neighbouring Traveston.[5] [6]

History

Kybong Provisional School opened on 1 October 1905. On 1 January 1909, it became Kybong State School. It closed on 6 August 1960. The school was at 1320 Old Bruce Highway .[7]

Demographics

In the, Kybong had a population of 370 people.

In the, Kybong had a population of 333 people.

In the, Kybong had a population of 363 people.

Heritage listings

Kybong has the following heritage sites:

Education

There are no schools in Kybong. The nearest government primary schools are Monkland State School in Monkland to the north, Dagun State School in neighbouring Dagun to the south-west, and Cooran State School in Cooran to the south-east. The government secondary schools are Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north, Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil, and the Noosa District State High School in Pomona (junior campus) and Cooroy (senior campus). [10]

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. Web site: 22 October 2020 . Airports - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201115071531/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/f5e72c21-4f70-4cca-a22e-f2265b85ee56 . 15 November 2020 . 3 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  3. Web site: Gympie Aerodrome . 2023-10-03 . Gympie Regional Council . 31 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230831214430/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/residents/your-community/facilities-in-region/aerodrome . live .
  4. News: Bypass threatens fuel prices, jobs . Gympie Times . 2007-03-27 . 2008-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104642/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/?storyid=3727527&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= . 6 July 2011 . live .
  5. News: 2018-04-03 . What happened to Matilda from the 1982 Commonwealth Games? . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-10-03 . 29 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929090916/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-04/curious-brisbane-what-happened-to-matilda-from-the-1982-comm/9510208 . live .
  6. News: 2023-07-23 . Australia has hosted more Commonwealth Games than any other nation. So what happened to all the mascots? . en-AU . ABC News . live . 2023-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118225925/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/commonwealth-games-mascot-australia-tourists-melbourne-2006-game/102631596 . 18 November 2023.
  7. Web site: 1943 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m76 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505073838/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m76-surv-control-1943.jpg . 5 May 2021 . 22 November 2023 . . Map.
  8. Web site: Kybong Hall. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117012250/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.10.pdf. 17 January 2021. 17 January 2021. Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council.
  9. Web site: Kybong Hall . 4 October 2023 . Gympie Regional Council Local Heritage Register . 19 . 5 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230305220306/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/3260/local-heritage-register . live .
  10. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 4 October 2023 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .