Mondure

Mondure is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

Mondure is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mondure had a population of 100 people.

The town takes its name from the Mondrure pastoral run taken up in 1844 by Richard Jones, which used a Waka language word, mondhur meaning small ant.Land was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 68 square miles (180 km2) were available in Mondure and 56 square miles (150 km2) in Mondure back run.Circa 1900s, 78 farming blocks in the Mondure Estate were advertised to be sold. The map advertisement states that the blocks were 6 miles from Wondai railway station and 4 miles from Murgon railway station.Mondure North Provisional School opened in January 1905. On 1 Jan 1909 it became Mondure North State School. It closed in October 1922.On Saturday 11 March 1911, 120 town lots were auctioned in the Township of Mondure.On 23 February 1917 the Queensland Railways Department decided to call the town's railway station Kooblinga but this was changed on 11 January 1918 to be Mondure at the request of the Mondure Branch of the Queensland Farmers Union .St Faith's Anglican Church was dedicated in 1917.Mondure Township State School opened on 24 January 1921. In 1938 it was renamed Mondure State School. It closed on 31 December 1998.In the 2016 census, Mondure had a population of 100 people.