Bundaberg city and port are
located on the Burnett River, Queensland, about 360 kilometres (220 mi) north of Brisbane, within the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
The name, Bundaberg ("Bundy"), is believed to be from the combination of bunda, the Kabi Aboriginal word for man and the German (Anglo-Saxon) suffix berg, indicating mountain.
Taribelang Bunda Aboriginal People
Taribelang Bunda, also have afiliations with Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailai Aboriginal Peoples.
The Taribelang people occupied 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2) of territory around Bundaberg and inland to near Walla and north as far as Baffle Creek. Their territory also extended along the lower reaches of the Burrum River.
The rainbow water snake
Duggún according to John Matthews, was "...a combination of fish and snake. His abodes were the
deepest waterholes. When visible as a rainbow, he was supposed to be passing from one waterhole to another. He possessed terrific power, so that he could shatter the scrubs and mountains. He could also slaughter human beings..."
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Gooreng Gooreng (various spellings) spoke related dialects and had similarities of culture. "The name Gureng-Gureng has been applied to speakers of a number of closely related dialects which were traditionally found in country extending from at least Mt Larcom north of Gladstone to the Elliott River south of Bundaberg..."
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| Wallaby hunt, Carl Lumholtz, 1889 |
Aboriginal avoidance practices were common in traditional Aboriginal society. According to Matthews: "The relationship of mother-in-law and son-in-law entailed the same kind of mutual avoidance as in other Australian tribes. Custom forbade these
relatives to look at one other. If a man saw his wife's mother approaching, he turned his back upon her to avoid seeing her, or one or other of them would cover the head with a "possum rug." The custom may have developed to overcome a common cause of friction in families.
Matthews also claims that: "A new-born child, instead of being washed, was fortified against the risks to life by being smeared all over with a mixture of powdered charcoal and fat." (
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Cicatrices, the raised scars made to show initiation. A piece of bone or a feather may have been worn through the septum of the nose,
At Cania Gorge National Park Aboriginal art can be
found on cliffs, caves and sheltered gorges.
The Burnett River Engravings are an Aboriginal art site of rock engravings (petroglyphs), located on an outcrop of sandstone adjacent to the northern bank of the Burnett River, at the confluence of Pine Creek, west of the town of Bundaberg
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| Four ancient sandstone rocks have been relocated from a sugar mill in Bundaberg, Queensland, to a nearby Indigenous centre. More than 40 years after they were removed from the Burnett Riverbed and placed at Bingera Mill |
1700s
Lieutenant Matthew Flinders took a bearing on a small volcanic outcrop, Bundaberg Hummock, five kilometres to the south of Mon Repos beach, during his 1799 survey. Flinders was
accompanied by Bungaree, an Aboriginal man.
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| Trim, the cat, together with Bungaree, an Aboriginal man, sailed with navigator Matthew Flinders |
Convict transportation to Moreton Bay ceased in 1839.
1840s
The Upper Burnett area first began to be settled by colonists in the 1840s.
In 1842, Governor Gipps proclaimed that "all settlers and other free persons shall be at liberty to proceed thither in like manner as to any
other part of the colony..."
In April 1847, exploring on foot, explorer James Charles Burnett was the first European to stand on the future site of Bundaberg on 1 April that year. He returned later in that year by boat and found the mouth of the Burnett River. Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of New South Wales, officially named it the Burnett River on 7 September 1847.
Bundaberg was originally known as Wallace Town, as John and Michael Wallace were among the first settlers of the area.
1849–50: At Gin Gin, south of Bundaberg, shepherds John and Peter Pegg were speared by Taribelang Bunda men.
The settler, Gregory Blaxland (son of the explorer Blaxland)
organised a punitive party in which "scores of blacks" were killed at The Cedars. The Taribelang people responded by abducting and killing Blaxland.
Another punitive party was organised, with
squatters and station hands taking part. The Taribelang were found near the mouth of the Burnett River on Paddy’s Island, where a large-scale massacre occurred. Though numbers are disputed, it appears that hundreds were killed. Though numbers are disputed, it appears that hundreds were killed. (
1.). A relative of Blaxland wrote a letter to a newspaper about the happenings
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| Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Saturday 23 February 1850 |
The Burnett region became one of the first areas in Queensland to be "protected" by the Native Mounted Police (Nolan, 1978).
1860s
In 1865 the Miller Brothers entered the Burnett in their ketch. The river was charted by the Steuart brothers in 1866, who put beacons on Burnett bar.
John Steuart camped near the present site of the North Bundaberg Railway Station and later returned with his brother Gavin in February 1867. As timbergetters, they became co-founders of Bundaberg City north of the River.
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| Title John Steuart. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland |
The first sawmill was established by Sam Johnston in 1868, and the settlement developed on the north bank of the river.
1870s
Experimental sugar cane farms began around 1871.
Copper was discovered at nearby Mt Perry in 1871, and with mining, Bundaberg developed foundries and became a service centre.
Both sides of Bundaberg developed and were linked by a ferry.
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| Ferry crossing the Burnett River in Bundaberg, ca. 1872, SLQLD |
The first bank opened in 1872.
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| Old newspaper photograph from 1872 captioned "Bundaberg's main street the year when sugar growing began" ..... this would refer to the first sugar mill operating in the area called Millbank. Vintage QLD |
An Aboriginal reserve on Fraser Island had been established by the Methodist church in 1873.
The original lighthouse was erected in 1873.
The Kolan Shire council was
formed in 1873.
The telegraph link to Bundaberg and a coach service to Maryborough were established in 1875.
Sunnyside sugar plantation was established by Edward Turner in 1875.
The government wharf in Bundaberg was built in 1875.
A permanent Catholic Church was consecrated in 1875.
Bundaberg's second newspaper was called the Bundaberg and Mount Perry Mail (1876). The Mail moved from Mount Perry to Bundaberg in 1876.
An early building at Kalkie State School was erected in 1877, with the playshed constructed in 1879-80.
First Anglican Church built in 1876.
The Primitive Methodist Church, built of brush and timber, built in 1877.
In 1878 the Provisional School was
opened.
Until the mid-1870s, maize was the main farm produce, until lower prices led to sugar being grown.
1880s
By 1880 there were six sugar mills.
The Fairymead sugar plantation was established by the three Young brothers in 1880.
In 1881, Railway from North Bundaberg to Moolboolaman, and on to Boolboonda (1883).
In 1881 the Bundaberg district
produced 3% of Queensland's sugar. Only a few years later, it produced 20% of Queensland's sugar.
Millaquin mill began in 1882, as did Fairymead and Bingera.
Augustus Purling Barton took up land at Mon Repos to plant cane and built a mill in 1882. Today it is a turtle conservation park.
By the mid-1880s sugar farming was relying on European labour instead of South Sea Islander labour.
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| Bundaberg Railway Station, QLD, 1882, SLQLD |
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| Immigrants arriving at the Bundaberg, QLD, wharf on the Leichhardt (ship) via the Silhet (ship), 1883. SLQLD |
Kalkie State School was by 1884, extremely overcrowded, with 60 to 70 students, as it was built to
accomodate about 30 students.
The Young Australian Hotel on the corner of Queen and Perry Streets in North Bundaberg was built in 1885 for Mr James O'Brien.
The 1885 QLD Royal Commission into malpractices with the Kanaka trade.
Bundaberg East State School opened on 1 July 1886.
Chinese gardener Mah Wah, had market gardens in North Bundaberg off Hinkler Avenue from 1887.
Mah Wah is listed as being buried at Bundaberg Cemetery in 1934.
The first rum (sugarcane champagne) was distilled from the Millaquin sugar mill in 1888.
The School of Arts building was built at 184 Bourbong St in 1889.
1890s
Fairymead Homestead in Bundaberg was built in 1890 for Ernest and Margaret Young, owners of Fairymead sugar mill. The house was later transported to the Botanic Gardens.
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| Central State School Boys, Bundaberg, QLD, 1890 |
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| Girls Central State School, Bundaberg, QLD, Queensland State Archives |
The Commercial Bank at 191 Bourbong Street was built in 1891.
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD, ca 1891 |
Local historian Neville Rackemann claims that an area of Bourbong Street was popularly known as Chinatown.
The Queensland Government passed the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction o f the Sale of Opium Act in 1897.
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| In the canefields of Bundaberg, QLD - possibly 1890s. South Sea Islanders working in the fields. Vintage QLD |
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| The "Mail" Office, Bundaberg, QLD, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 15 June 1895 |
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| Longreach Club, Bundaberg, QLD, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 15 June 1895 |
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| Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 15 June 1895 |
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| THE QUEENSLAND-NEW CALEDONIA CABLE.—Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 11 November 1893 |
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| Bourbong Street with Post Office in the distance, Bundaberg, QLD, c 1897. Taken circa 1897. Queensland State Archives |
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| QUEENSLAND SLAVERY. The Public Service Board has made its report with regard to the inquiry recently held into the charges preferred by certain Bundaberg planters against the administration of Mr. Caulfield, the inspector for that district under the Polynesian Labour Act. The decision entirely exonerates that officer The board states that, among other things, while it does not believe employers would willingly inflict hardships on kanakas, the evidence disclosed facts which satisfied the board that it was imperatively necessary that the inspector should exercise the utmost vigilance in protecting the interests of the islanders against some employers and overseers. Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955), Saturday 24 April 1897 |
1900s
Bundaberg was gazetted a town in 1902.
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| Central Bourbon Street, Bundaberg, QLD - very early 1900s, Vintage QLD |
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| Loading sugar cane in the Bundaberg area, QLD - very early 1900s, Vintage QLD |
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD - early 1900s, Vintage QLD |
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| Family of Gustav Alfonso Steindl, Bundaberg, QLD, ca. 1900. SLQLD |
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| Staff photo 1900. Reddan and Mellor was established in 1886 by Mr Michael Reddan and W. Mellor. Selling drapery, furnishings and footwear, the store was situated in Bourbong street, Bundaberg between Targo & Walla Streets. The business closed in 1984 and the store was auctioned. (SLQLD) |
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View of the main street in Bundaberg, QLD, in the very early 1900s. The post office is the building on the right with the clock tower...photo taken at 8.55 am.
(Fryer Library photo by Henry Mobsby) |
The Kennedy Bridge was built in 1899.
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| J.A. Sinclair and Charlie Boreham from Bundaberg, QLD. Description: Charlie Boreham was a full-blood, who died in Barambah on the 30.12.1912 due to Senile decay (old age) in accordance to the Chief Protector of Aborigines - Register of Aboriginal Deaths 1910 - 1928 records held at the Queensland State Archives. Charlie was known as the King of Bundaberg. 1900. State Library of Queensland (Aboriginal people actually did not, and do not have chiefs, kings and queens) |
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| Portrait of Rosie Blackman from Blackman Station. Location: Bundaberg Region, Queensland. State Library of Queensland, 1900 |
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| Description: Two Aboriginal woman, named Rosie and Kelly from Blackmans Station Kellie has chest scarification. Location: Bundaberg Region, Queensland. State Library of Queensland, 1900 |
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| BURNETT BRIDGE, BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 8 September 1900 |
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| Queensland Country Life (Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sunday 1 December 1901 |
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| Piri and Polly, two South Sea Islanders, at the South Seas Evangelical Mission at Fairymead plantation near Bundaberg, Queensland. Taken circa 1907. State Library of Queensland |
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| REPATRIATING KANAKAS: PACIFIC ISLANDERS, THE "FLINDERS", AT Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 8 June 1907 |
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| Pemberton sugar mill Bundaberg, QLD,,1907. established in 1884 by W.N Keyes, later sold to W. Davidson and F Buss- closed ca WW1, SLQLD |
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| Bingera Sugar Mill near Bundaberg, QLD - circa 1908, Vintage QLD |
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| Australian South Sea Islander wedding at Bundaberg, QLD - 1909 (SLQLD) |
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| Amateur boxers at Qunaba sugar plantation, QLD, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 19 May 1909 |
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GROUP OF CANE-CUTTERS. The old man and his daughter shown in this picture are excellent cane-cutters, and have carried out large contracts. They are Germans. Photos by S. A. Doblo. Bundaberg, QLD, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 19 May 1909
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| Ambulance in Bundaberg, QLD - circa 1910, (SLQLD) |
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| School of Arts, Bundaberg, QLD - 1910. The horse is at a drinking trough. Vintage QLD |
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| Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Bundaberg, QLD, (built in 1891) circa 1910, SLQLD |
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| AN OUTPOST OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARMY. SUGAR STRIKE CAMP AT BUNDABERG. Worker (Wagga, NSW : 1892 - 1913), Thursday 27 July 1911 |
1912, rail link from Bundaberg to Boongarra Junction.
Bundaberg became a city in 1913.
Bundaberg Base Hospital was opened in 1914.
WWI
Twelve local women served as nursing sisters in the First World War.
During World War I, in 1914, members of the Bundaberg Rifle Club were ordered to guard the cable at Mon Repos, the Australian terminus for an undersea cable between here and New Caledonia.
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| Captain John Fitzmaurice Guy Luther, Medical Officer to the 15th Battalion, AIF, seated outside his dressing station. A Medical practitioner from Bundaberg, Queensland, Captain Luther enlisted on 6 October 1914. His unit embarked from Melbourne on board Transport Ceramic on 22 December 1914. He landed at Gallipoli 25 April and was died of wounds. In the background is Captain Luther's orderly who enlisted on 13 October 1914 and landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Captain Luther is buried in No. 2 Outpost Cemetery. |
Sugar price controls established in 1915.
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| Aboriginal "camp" collection from near 'Bundaberg, QLD.,Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1892 - 1917), Tuesday 7 December 1915 |
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| Bourbon Street, Bundaberg, QLD, circa 1915, Vintage QLD |
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| Wedding of Troopers James Lingwoodock and John Geary, 11th Light Horse Regiment. Jim Lingwoodock (from Gin Gin) and John Geary (from Bundaberg) and brides at their wedding in Charlotte Street, Brisbane prior to going to war in 1917. Both men survived the war and returned to Australia. Vintage QLD |
1920s
South Sea Islander Church and Hall, at 46 Johnston Street, Bundaberg, built 1920.
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| Bert Hinkler in his plane on Foundry Green in Bundaberg - circa 1921. |
According to the message on the reverse he is about to take off. Bundaberg, QLD, Vintage QLD
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| Ceremony of unveiling the War Memorial Statue, Bundaberg, QLD, 1921. Designed by local architect F.H. Faircloth, the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial was completed in July 1921 when the Digger was placed on the column. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Major-General Brand, the head of the military forces in NSW, who spent his boyhood at Bundaberg, on Saturday, 30th July, 1921. The large building in the picture is the School of Arts. |
The War Memorial was installed at 180 Bourbong Street in 1922.
A local newspaper in 1924 claimed that a man named Gordon, and a Mrs Chapman, were the first to be buried in the original cemetery in 1869.
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| Bundaberg Mail (Qld. : 1917 - 1925), Wednesday 8 October 1924 |
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| Mrs Broom, the daughter of Thomas Watson built the first inhabited house in North Bundaberg, QLD, in 1867, Bundaberg Mail (Qld. : 1917 - 1925), Saturday 11 October 1924. Read here |
Jannos (Jack) Lathouras and his brothers, Michael and Mark, opened two cafes in the main street of Bundaberg in the 1920s. Cafe Royal at 86 Bourbong Street (opened in 1920) and the Elite Cafe at 143 Bourbong Street (opened in 1923).
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Horse-drawn ice cream carts operated by the Lathouras brothers in Bundaberg, QLD - 1924
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| ABORIGINES WHO TOOK PART IN THE CORROBOREE AT BUNDABERG. LORD BURNHAM IS STANDING IN THE CENTRE Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Saturday 26 September 1925 |
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| Bundaberg Hospital, QLD, 1924 Bundaberg Base Hospital opened by the Governor of Queensland 1914. A small cottage hospital was previously on this site from the 1880s. |
Bundaberg Central Boys State School on Crofton Street amalgamated with Bundaberg Central Girls and Infants State School on 15 Jan 1926 and was renamed Bundaberg Central State School.
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| Bourbong Street Bundaberg, QLD, Hinkler flew the first solo flight between England and Australia, departing England on 7 February 1928 and arriving in Darwin on 22 February 1928 and back in his home town of Bundaberg on 27 February 1928. This reduced the England-Australia record from 28 days to just under 15½ days.(SLQLD) |
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| Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955), Wednesday 1 February 1928, |
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| Hinkler at Rundaberg : The Welcome Home. Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wednesday 7 March 1928 |
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| Large convertible touring car bogged on corner of Bourbong and Targo Streets, Bundaberg, QLD - 1929 (SLQLD) |
1930s
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Bundaberg, QLD, Surf Life Saving Club members, Nielson Park, Burnett Shire - circa 1931
(Qld State Archives) |
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| Charles Kingsford Smith's plane Southern Cross (VH-USU) at Bundaberg Aerodrome, QLD, during a stopover, 26 July 1932, srv007 |
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| Bundaberg, QLD, 1930s |
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| The official opening of The Hummock Lookout, Bundaberg, QLD, 1931 |
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| Exterior of St Andrew's Church, 1932, Bundaberg, QLD |
Molasses and rum distilling were also important businesses at Bundaberg.
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| Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), Monday 23 November 1936 |
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| View from the Post Office tower, Bundaberg, QLD - 1930s |
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| Motor Cycle stunt team, Thrills and Spills, Bundaberg, QLD, .Jack Clemence (white overalls)- driver V. Vaschina - on Velocette, Bonnie Archer ;Ted Norgrove; Jim Fowkes; Herman Langbecker (white overalls). Truck is a Bedford from UK, of 2-3 load capacity, circa 1937. (SLQLD) |
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| Paramount Theatre, Bundaberg, ca. 1939. Frontal view of the theatre promoting 'Dad and Dave Come to Town', a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall. (SLQLD) |
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The staff of the Lady Musgrave Hospital at Bundaberg. At back (left to right) : Matron D. Ralston. Nurse D. Dolan. and Sister L. Howard. Sitting: Nurses D. Meddleton. G. Woolford. F. Rickett. N. Singleton, and J. Brosnan. Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Wednesday 12 October 1938 |
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With its absence of hills, Bundaberg offers ideal conditions .for cyclists, and hundreds of people use this form of Iocomotion in the town itself and the surrounding districts.Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Saturday 21 January 1939 |
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The old and the new. Having no hills of any consequence, Bundaberg has built high water-towers to give the required pressure for its water supply. The tower on the right has been built within the past few years, and shows a striking difference in architecture as compared with its older companion. Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Saturday 21 January 1939
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1940s
Bundaberg continued to grow after World War II and the city council instigated large building programs, including new hospitals, schools, court house, customs house, civic centre, and port,
transforming Bundaberg.
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD - circa 1940, Vintage QLD |
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| Bundaberg Post Office, QLD, about 1940 |
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| Ploughing sugar cane fields in Bundaberg, QLD, about 1940s, Vintage Queensland |
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| Looking down Targo Street Bundaberg (1942 Flood) towards the South. Two Storey Building on left has been renovated and is now a Fashion Shop. Bundaberg, QLD, Vintage QLD |
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| Blue Bird Cafe, Bundaberg, QLD - 1945 (Qld Historical Atlas) |
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The Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General designate of Australia, had a welcome home for Private A. Stacey, of Bundaberg (who is a repatriated prisoner of war) Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sunday 7 January 1945 |
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| Cpl Rose Dodd (left) and 94047 Corporal (Cpl) Audrey May Hampson. Originally of Bundaberg, Qld, Cpl Hampson enlisted as a fabric worker in the RAAF on 2 January 1942 and following training in Geelong, Victoria, served at Wagga Wagga, Rathmines and Bundaberg. She was discharged on 11 July 1945. |
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| Braebourne in Bourbong Street Bundaberg, QLD, the family home of Horace Buss. It was bought by the Catholic church in 1941 and in 1946 converted into a hospital which is now the Mater. It was demolished c1972. |
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| Bourbong Street Bundaberg, QLD, 1947 |
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| Bundaberg War Memorial, QLD, in front of the Bundaberg Post Office, 1948, SLQLD |
1950s
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD, ca. 1951 |
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| Don Davis Fallon House,Maryborough Street, Bundaberg, built 1953 Australian Workers Union, State library QLD (Fallon House is a heritage-listed trade union office at 1 Maryborough Street) |
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| The arrival of monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, on. Thursday March 11, 1954, Bundaberg, QLD, Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Friday 12 March 1954 |
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| The arrival of monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, on. Thursday March 11, 1954, Bundaberg, QLD, Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Friday 12 March 1954 |
The former 4BU building was constructed in 1957 to a design by architect, Herbert Stuart-Nairne.
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| Bundaberg Surf Life Saving Club - Neilson Park, Bargara Beach, Bundaberg, QLD - Circa 1958 |
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| Bundaberg All Blacks 1959, QLD |
1960s
St John's Lutheran Church was built in 1960. However, Lutheranism in Bundaberg was established in 1873.
A new port at Burnett Heads was built in 1962.
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD - 1960s, Vintage QLD |
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD - 1960s, Vintage QLD |
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| Bundaberg Court House, QLD, and Bert Hinkler's memorial - 1960s, Vintage QLD |
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| Soccer teams line up for the opening day march at Martens Oval, Bundaberg; Across the Waves club out in front followed by Arsenal and Diggers. Soccer Opening Day ... March 1963, srv007 |
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| Bundaberg and Burnett Ladies Country Women's Association. Left to Right: Patricia O'Connor, A Nixon, Vice President Burnett CWA, M Mellor President Bundaberg CWA, D Evans Burnett CWA in 1967 |
In 1967 Bundaberg celebrated its centenary.
1970s
Bundaberg Sugar Company Limited was created in 1972, from the merger of the Fairymead Sugar Company Limited and Gibson & Howes Limited.
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| Postcard of Bundaberg, QLD, early 1970s |
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| Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, QLD - 1970s, Vintage QLD |
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| Prime Minister Fraser draws a crowd on his visit to AgroTrend in Bundaberg, QLD, Prime Minister Fraser Visit ... no date, srv007 |
1980s
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| Fairymead Mill, Bundaberg, QLD, 11th July 1983, srv007 |
The Bundaberg Library opened in 1994 .
2000s
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| Bundaberg Foundry buildings and North Bundaberg, QLD. Height of flood peaked 9am Thursday 30th at 7.92m on the gauge board. 30 Dec 2010, srv007 |
In the 2016 census the city of Bundaberg had a population of 50,148 people.
2017: Gladstone-Bundaberg native title decision: claim area extends from Raglan Creek at Port Alma, south of Rockhampton to Elliott River, south of Bundaberg and west to Callide and Monto.
The Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore the Taribelan language.
2020: Fire destroys pub and Federal backpacker hostel (built 1880s).
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| Fire destroyed a pub and backpacker hostel in the Queensland town of Bundaberg in 2020 |
Around Bundaberg |
| Consuelo homestead built in 1911-1912 by Robert and Elsie Kirkwood, Bundaberg, QLD |
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| The Bundaberg Post Office was constructed in 1890–1891, QLD |
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| Bundaberg School of Arts, Bundaberg , Queensland was designed by Anton Hettrich and built from 1888 to 1889. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. |
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| Bundaberg Central State School central block, QLD, built 1890 |
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| Kalkie State School, Kalkie, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, was designed by the Queensland Department of Public Works and built in 1877 by Franz Kuhnel and William Starke. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. |
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| The Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial, QLD, was officially opened on 15 October 1949 |
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| Fairymead House at Thornhill Street, Bundaberg North was designed by John Shedden Adam and built in 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 February 2002 |
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| A heritage-listed former court house (1882–1958) and former police station(1958–1997) at Quay Street, Bundaberg, QLD (part of a larger police complex that included the now-demolished two-storeyed brick Police Station) |
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| A Bundaberg Queenslander house, a classic of Australian architectural design |
Things To Do and Places To Go
Bundaberg CBD Heritage Walk
Cania Gorge National Park
The northern bank of the Burnett River between the Matt Tallon and Burnett bridges is home to a colony of flying foxes.
