Bondoola, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Bondoola
State:qld
Coordinates:-23.1861°N 150.6855°W
Pop:551
Postcode:4703
Area:38.9
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:8.0
Dir1:SW
Location1:Yeppoon
Dist2:34.2
Dir2:NE
Location2:Rockhampton
Dist3:675
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Livingstone Shire
Stategov:Keppel
Fedgov:Capricornia
Near-N:Barmaryee
Near-Ne:Barmaryee
Near-E:Hidden Valley
Near-Se:Tanby
Near-S:Cawarral
Near-Sw:Mulara
Near-W:Cobraball
Near-Nw:Lake Mary

Bondoola is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Bondoola had a population of 551 people.

Geography

The Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road (as Yeppoon Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.

Bondoola railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-dismantled North Rockhampton to Emu Park railway line (-23.1741°N 150.689°W).[2]

History

Kington Provisional School opened on 21 February 1887 under teacher Mr Redstone with nine students.[3] It closed on 31 March 1893. It reopened on 6 July 1896 and renamed Bondoola Provisional School in 1897. In 1910, it became Bondoola State School.[4] [5] As at 1921, it was north of Cobraball Road (approx).[6] It relocated to a new site in 1933.[7] The school celebrated its golden jubilee (50th anniversary) in November 1937.[8] As at 1942, it was located immediately south of the railway station at 54 Bondoola Road .[9] It closed in 1945.[10]

Demographics

In the, Bondoola had a population of 530 people.

In the, Bondoola had a population of 551 people.

Education

There are no schools in Bondoola. The nearest government primary schools are Yeppoon State School in Yeppoon to the north-east and Cawarral State School in neighbouring Cawarral to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon.[11]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 26 October 2019.
  2. Web site: 2 October 2020 . Railway stations and sidings - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd . 5 October 2020 . 5 October 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  3. News: 23 November 1937 . BONDOOLA . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 3 . National Library of Australia . 22254 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013318/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55956762 . live .
  4. News: 19 March 1910 . THE BONDOOLA STATE SCHOOL. . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 6 . National Library of Australia . 14165 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013410/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53134873 . live .
  5. News: 17 March 1910 . STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 2 . National Library of Australia . 16,280 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013202/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19625548 . live .
  6. Web site: 1921 . County of Livingstone . 27 June 2024 . . Map . 13 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230813215517/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-livingstone-sh1-1921/original . live .
  7. News: 30 October 1933 . BONDOOLA STATE SCHOOL. . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 6 . National Library of Australia . 20,990 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013208/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54749797 . live .
  8. News: 30 October 1937 . Advertising . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 2 . National Library of Australia . 22,234 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013205/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55007159 . live .
  9. Web site: 1942 . Yeppoon . 27 June 2024 . . Map . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013413/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-yeppoon-emergency-ed-1942/original . live .
  10. News: 29 August 1946 . BONDOOLA . 27 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 25 . National Library of Australia . 17 . 911 . 27 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627013206/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75341804 . live .
  11. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 26 June 2024 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bondoola, Queensland".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.