Kandanga, Queensland

Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Kandanga had a population of 665 people.[1]

Kandanga
Queensland
Kandanga Hotel
Kandanga
Coordinates26.3875°S 152.6777°E / -26.3875; 152.6777
Population665 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density12.571/km2 (32.56/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area52.9 km2 (20.4 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Kandanga:
Amamoor Amamoor Coles Creek
Kandanga Creek Kandanga Tuchekoi
Melawondi Imbil Bollier

Geography

The town is located on the Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south west of Gympie, on the banks of Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River. This river forms the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the locality.[4]

Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Amamoor and Dagun.

In 2006 the Beattie state government announced plans to construct a new dam at Traveston Crossing on the upper Mary River. The proposed dam, designed to provide water to the growing Sunshine Coast, was to have flooded fertile farmland, including Kandanga. However, the dam did not proceed on environmental grounds, but not before much of the land required was bought up and the original owners moved on.[5]

Kandanga is well known for its prime farmland, although because of the proposed dam many farmers had to walk out on their farms. A reconstruction plan was implemented following the Traveston Crossing Dam debacle, with farm land subdivided and offered to new owners who have introduced new crops to the Mary Valley.

Kandanga suffered a further blow when its popular hotel burnt down. Just like the valley itself, it is being rebuilt with the determination of locals.

History

The name "Kandanga" may be derived from the local Kabi Aboriginal language, meaning a fork or sharp bend of the creek[6][7] or it may refer to the cabbage tree.[8]

Kandanga War Memorial, 2008

Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a receiving office had been open from 1895).[9]

The Kandanga War Memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1920 by the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Cooroora Harry Walker.[10]

Kandanga State School opened in September 1915.[11][12]

At the 2006 census Kandanga had a population of 596.[13]

Heritage listings

Kadanga has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Main Street: Kandanga Railway Station[15]
  • 65 Main Street: Kandanga Cottage[16]
  • 81 Main Street: Kandanga Memorial Hall[17]
  • 84 – 86 Main Street: Kandanga State School[18]
  • 41 – 45 Stephens Street: Sacred Heart Catholic Church[19]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kandanga (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Kandanga – town in Gympie Region (entry 17640)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. "Kandanga – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46344)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Google (26 August 2019). "Kandanga, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. Queensland Government Ministerial Statement Archived 18 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine 5 July 2006 - Retrieved 31 October 2006
  6. Mary Valley tourist site Archived 19 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine - Retrieved 31 October 2006
  7. "Kandanga". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  8. "ETYMOLOGICAL". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. XLIV (5761). Queensland, Australia. 2 December 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. "Kandanga War Memorial". Monument Australia. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. "Kandanga SS". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  13. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kandanga (Cooloola Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  14. "Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds (entry 602792)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  15. "Kandanga Railway Station" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  16. "Kandanga Cottage" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  17. "Kandanga Memorial Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  18. "Kandanga State School" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. "Sacred Heart Catholic Church" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

Further reading
  • Towner, Patricia A (1989). Kabi country : the story of Kandanga. ISBN 978-0-7316-6950-9.
  • Towner, Pat (2000). One Hundred Years : Kandanga Creek State School, 1900-2000. Kandanga Creek State School. ISBN 978-0-646-38913-4.
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