South Nanango Explained

Type:suburb
South Nanango
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.7399°N 151.9733°W
Pop:893
Postcode:4615
Area:101.2
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:South Burnett Region
Stategov:Nanango
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Nanango
Near-Ne:South East Nanango
Near-E:South East Nanango
Near-Se:Yarraman
Near-S:Tarong
Near-Sw:Tarong
Near-W:Tarong
Near-Nw:Brooklands

South Nanango is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, South Nanango had a population of 893 people.

Geography

As the name suggests, South Nanango is a locality south of the town of Nanango. The land is between 400 and 450 metres above sea level. The lower land which is well-watered by many small creeks is used for agriculture, principally grazing cattle. The higher land in the east and south of the locality is the South Nanango State Forest. South Nanango is on a drainage divide running through the locality from the north-east to the south west, with the north-western part of the locality contributing to the Burnett River basin and the south-eastern part of the locality contributing to the Brisbane River basin.

The D'Aguilar Highway (which links Caboolture to Kingaroy) passes through the locality from south to north.

History

Buckland State School opened on 25 October 1909. It closed in 1959.[2] [3] It was located at 27310 D'Aguilar Highway (on the south-western corner with Bucklands Road,).[4]

Demographics

In the South Nanango had a population of 858 people.

In the, South Nanango had a population of 893 people.

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. News: 29 April 1909. BRISBANE.. XLI. 2. Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. 5363. Queensland, Australia. National Library of Australia. 14 July 2021.
  3. News: 7 May 1909. CROWN LANDS.. LXV. 2. The Brisbane Courier. 16,012. Queensland, Australia. National Library of Australia. 14 July 2021.
  4. Web site: 1943. Kumbia. live. 14 July 2021. Queensland Government. Map. 18 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210218053955/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-bandw-kumbia-temp-ed-1943.jpg.