Mundubbera is a town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
Mundubbera is a town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mundubbera had a population of 1261 people.Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although this is disputed by the neighbouring town of Gayndah.
History
Gureng Gureng is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry. Wakka Wakka is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Burnett River catchment. The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Mundubbera, Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Gayndah, and Eidsvold.The name of the town comes from the name of a pastoral property established in 1848 by H.P. Bouverie. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word, possibly from the Kabi language, meaning sharp ridges or climbing steps cut in a tree. It has also been suggested it may mean meeting place of the waters referring to the confluence of the Burnett, Auburn and Boyne rivers just upstream from Mundubbera.European settlement took place in the late 1840s. A town reserve was established on26 November 1861. Closer settlement, involving migrants from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands, did not take place until the early 1900s and the town was established in its existing site prior to World War I.
Mundubbera Post Office opened by 1 July 1912 (a receiving office had been open from 1911).Mundubbera State School opened on 7 November 1913.The railway arrived in 1914.
A library was established in Mundubbera in December 1933 in the School of Arts.
The Mundubbera War Memorial commemorating those from the district who served in World War I was unveiled by the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Brisbane and Minister for Works, Mick Kirwan, on 27 May 1928.Henry Zipf planted the first citrus orchards in 1933 and established Mundubbera as a major producer of export citrus. The recent (2006) drought and the after effects of the 2004 Citrus canker outbreak in Emerald has had a dampening effect of the citrus industry in the area.
The Mundubbera Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorates those who served in the Vietnam War. It is located beside the RSL Memorial Hall.
On 11 November 1995, members of the RSL planted a Lone Pine war memorial tree from a seedling whose lineage links back to Gallipoli.At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 1,053.
Weather
Things to do
While Mundubbera attracts seasonal workers from around the world, tourism remains relatively undeveloped.Some attractions include:
The nearby Auburn River National Park is a good location to find Queensland Lungfish, known locally as Ceratodus, a rare living fossil found only in the Burnett and Mary Rivers. This park is popular with bush walkers and rock climbers. It features cascades, great swimming spots, caves, balancing rocks and superb scenery.
The town lookout on the entrance to town on the Burnett Highway is home to a Black stump, to symbolise Mundubbera's location on the edge of the Outback.
Mundubbera is the home of the Big Mandarin, a larger than life fibreglass model of an Ellendale Mandarin that doubles as a kiosk for a local caravan park. It is one of many "Big" tourist attractions that dot the Australian landscape.
The Meeting Place of the Waters 360-degree mural painted on the sewerage pumping station is a visual tribute to the rivers that provide Mundubbera with its prosperity.