Ideraway

Ideraway is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

Ideraway is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Ideraway had a population of 38 people.

The town's name was derived from the name of a pastoral run, used from 1848 by J.B. Reid.In the 1850s and 1860s the run was the scene of several incidents of colonial frontier conflict. The Ideraway Homestead has been relocated to Gayndah Museum's historical precinct.On 18th December 1905 the Queensland Government legislated An Act to Make Provision for the Purchase of the Ideraway Estate, in the Burnett District, for Settlement under "The Agricultural. Lands Purchase Acts, 1894 to 1901."The land was purchased from Mr. James John Cadell.Concurrently, An Act to Provide a Means of Assisting certain Persons to Settle upon the Agricultural Lands of the State was passed.This scheme was different to the earlier failed communal/utopian schemes at nearby Byrnestown, Resolute, and Bon Accord in that land was selected by individuals.The Ideraway Estate scheme was eventually liquidated by the Queensland Agricultural Bank at much loss.In the 1930s the region was known for its butter production.The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line opened between Wetheron to Gayndah on 16 December 1907 with the town being served by the Ideraway railway station(25.5770°S 151.6181°E? / -25.5770; 151.6181? (Ideraway railway station (former))). Increasing competition from road freight resulted in railway services on the line being reduced over the years. In 2015 the Queensland Government decided it no longer wanted to maintain the railway and in 2017 the tracks were removed and the stations abandoned.Ideraway State School opened in 1909 and closed circa 1952. It was on the south-east corner of Tanjour Street and Bonny Street (25.5792°S 151.6203°E? / -25.5792; 151.6203? (Ideraway State School (former))).Ideraway Post Office opened by December 1909 (a receiving office had been open from 1908) and closed in 1957.At the 2011 census, Ideraway had a population of 225.In the 2016 census the locality of Ideraway had a population of 38 people.