Dumgree, Queensland
Suburb of Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia
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Dumgree is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.[1]
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Dumgree Homestead, circa 1913 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 24.1713°S 150.6388°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 784.5 km2 (302.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 63 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0803/km2 (0.2080/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4715 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The Dawson Highway enters the locality from the north-east (Mount Alma) and exits to the west (Callide).[3]
The Moura railway line enters the locality from the east (Mount Alma) and exits to the north-west (Jambin).[3] The locality is served by two railway stations:
- Mount Rainbow railway in the east of the locality (24.1427°S 150.7105°E)[4][5]
- Dumgree railway station in the west of the locality (24.1701°S 150.5648°E)[4][6]
There are a number of protected areas within the locality (from north to south):
- Don River State Forest in the north of the locality, extending into neighbouring Ulogie to the north
- Calliope Range State Forest in the east of the locality
- Callide Timber Reserve in the south-west of the locality
Dumgree has the following mountains (from north to south):
- Mount Eugenie (24.0553°S 150.5874°E), 565 metres (1,854 ft)[7][8]
- Mount Gerard (24.0918°S 150.5565°E), 424 metres (1,391 ft)[7][9]
- Rocky Point Mountain (24.1531°S 150.7857°E), 563 metres (1,847 ft)[7][10]
- Mount Buckland (24.1749°S 150.7371°E), 595 metres (1,952 ft)[7][11]
- Blackfellow Mountain (24.1763°S 150.7962°E), 562 metres (1,844 ft)[7][12]
- Specimen Hill (24.1919°S 150.7662°E), 671 metres (2,201 ft)[7][13]
- Bottle Tree Mountain (24.1923°S 150.5988°E), 427 metres (1,401 ft)[7][14]
- Mount Fane (24.2452°S 150.7354°E), 577 metres (1,893 ft)[7][15]
Apart from the protected areas, the land use in the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. There is mining for coal and oil shale in the south-west of the locality, some of which takes place within the Callide Timber Reserve.[16]
History
John Saunders Bell selected a pastoral run of 300 square miles (780 km2) in 1856.[17] He called it Dumgree after the place in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, where he attended school.[18][19][20]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Dumgree had a population of 55 people.[21]
In the 2021 census, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Dumgree. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Murchison State School in neighbouring Mount Murchison to the south-west and Wowan State School in Wowan to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela to the south-west.[22] Students living in the north-west of Dumgree might be too distant from these schools for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding schools.[22]
