| Type: | suburb |
| Milbong | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -27.8833°N 152.7322°W |
| Pop: | 190 |
| Postcode: | 4310 |
| Area: | 24.6 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 16.1 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Boonah |
| Dist2: | 32.4 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Ipswich |
| Dist3: | 40.7 |
| Dir3: | WNW |
| Location3: | Beaudesert |
| Dist4: | 71.5 |
| Dir4: | SW |
| Location4: | Brisbane CBD |
| Lga: | Scenic Rim Region |
| Stategov: | Scenic Rim |
| Fedgov: | Wright |
| Near-N: | Limestone Ridges |
| Near-Ne: | Washpool |
| Near-E: | Woolooman |
| Near-Se: | Wyaralong |
| Near-S: | Roadvale |
| Near-Sw: | Roadvale |
| Near-W: | Anthony |
| Near-Nw: | Milora |
Milbong is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Milbong had a population of 190 people.
Purga Creek flows through from the south before forming the north-eastern boundary.
One Eye Waterhole is in the centre of the locality (-27.8816°N 152.7306°W).[2]
The Ipswich – Boonah Road (State Route 93) runs through from north to south.[3]
The name Milbong is a combination of two Aboriginal words in Ugarapul dialect, in which mil means eye and bong means dead. An Aboriginal with only one eye is supposed to have camped by a waterhole in the vicinity.[1]
In the late 1870s, the choice of name for the district was contentious with three names in popular use: One Eye Waterhole (from the natural feature), Blantyre (the name of a local farm), Waterview (the name of the Congregational Church) and Milbong. The establishment of a post office and school created a need to resolve the issue of naming, resulting in Milbong being eventually chosen.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Blantyre One Eye Waterhole State School was established circa 25 July 1874. By 1877, it had been renamed Milbong State School.[8] It closed in 1965. It was at 2616 Ipswich Boonah Road (corner Milbong Road,).[9] [10]
Blantyre Congregational Church at "One Eye" was completed about 1877, later being called the Waterview Congregational Church, before becoming known as Milbong Congregational Church.[11] [12] It was at 5 Milbong Road . The church building is still extant, but is now being used as a house.[13]
Milbong Lutheran Church (also known as St Luke's Lutheran Church) opened on 23 September 1885. A new church (built on the site of the original church) was opened on 10 April 1906, while the old church was removed to be use as a barn but was later burned down.[14] The church closed in 1974 and the church building removed, but the cemetery remains.[15] The church site and cemetery was on the Ispwich Boonah Road, but is now within the suburb of Roadvale.
In the, Milbong had a population of 161 people. The locality contains 66 households, in which 50.6% of the population are males and 49.4% of the population are females with a median age of 45, 7 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,140, $298 below the national average. 0.0% of Milbong's population is either of Aborigional or Torres Strait Islander descent. 68.5% of the population aged 15 or over is either registered or de facto married, while 31.5% of the population is not married. 29.1% of the population is currently attending some form of a compulsory education. The most common nominated ancestries were Australian (37.1%), English (27.2%) and German (9.4%), while the most common country of birth was Australia (86.9%), and the most commonly spoken language at home was English (93.2%). The most common nominated religions were Catholic (27.5%), the Uniting Church (19.7%) and No religion (19.7%). The most common occupation was a cleric/administration worker (24.6%) and the majority/plurality of residents worked 40 or more hours per week (43.1%).
In the, Milbong had a population of 190 people.
Milbong General Cemetery (-27.8792°N 152.7271°W) does not face any street but can be accessed via a path from the Ipswich Boonah Road opposite the rest area.[16]
