Wetheron, Queensland

Wetheron is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Wetheron had a population of 46 people.[1]

Wetheron
Queensland
Wetheron
Coordinates25.5458°S 151.7186°E / -25.5458; 151.7186 (Wetheron (town centre))
Population46 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.366/km2 (0.947/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4625
Area125.8 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)North Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Localities around Wetheron:
Yenda Mingo Mount Steadman
Mount Lawless Wetheron Gooroolba
Bon Accord
Gayndah		 Ginoondan Byrnestown

Geography

The Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway passes through Wetheron.[4] The town was served by the Wetheron railway station (25°32′40″S 151°43′04″E)[5]

History

Wetheron State School opened on 24 January 1916. It closed on 31 December 1963.[6]

In November 1925, the Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane provided a loan of £150 to establish a church in Wetheron.[7] Mrs Helen Gray donated a quarter-acre of land and a parish hall was erected by George James Bellert. The hall was officially opened on 5 May 1926.[8] St John's Anglican Church was dedicated on 11 December 1927 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba.[9] It is now closed.[10]

Sefton Provisional School opened on 1925 and closed on 1926.[11]

In the 2016 census, Wetheron had a population of 46 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Wetheron. The nearest primary schools are Gayndah State School in neighbouring Gayndah to the south-west and Coalstoun Lakes State School in Coalstoun Lakes to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Burnett State College in Gayndah.[12]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wetheron (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Wetheron – town in North Burnett Region (entry 37158)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. "Wetheron – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 45424)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. "Wetheron railway station (entry 37160)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. "THE CHURCHES". Daily Standard (4009). Queensland, Australia. 14 November 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "WETHERON FUNCTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (17, 613). Queensland, Australia. 11 June 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "NEWS OF THE CHURCHES". The Telegraph (17, 173). Queensland, Australia. 17 December 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 1 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  12. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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