Boonah, Queensland
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Boonah is a town in south eastern Queensland
, Australia
. At the 2006 census
, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane
Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.
The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley
, McPherson Range
and Main Range
. It is surrounded by hills, including Mount French and other Moogerah Peaks. Frog Buttress
is a popular rock climbing cliff on the north-west side of Mount French.
The town is serviced by the daily newspaper The Queensland Times
and the weekly newspaper The Fassifern Guardian. The Bremer Institute of TAFE has a campus at Boonah, which has operated at limited functionality for several years due to cutbacks.
local government area until council amalgamations occurred in 2008.
is under construction east of Boonah on Teviot Brook, a tributary of the Logan River
. At full supply level, water will inundate parts of the road connecting Boonah and Beaudesert
, so a new section of road has been built at significant expense.
Water for the town is supplied from Lake Moogerah
on Reynold's Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River. Maroon Dam
is another reservoir built 25 km south of Boonah at the base of the McPherson Range.
Average annual rainfall for the region is 866 mm, equating to an average of 89 days of rainfall.
Temperatures range between daytime averages of mid thirty degrees Celsius in summer, to low twenty degrees Celsius in winter.
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
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, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.
The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley
Fassifern Valley
Fassifern Valley is a valley of the Scenic Rim in South East Queensland. Towns found in the valley include Harrisville, Kalbar, Roadvale, Warril View and Aratula...
, McPherson Range
McPherson Range
The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline. It forms part of the Scenic Rim on the border between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. Further west of the...
and Main Range
Main Range National Park
Main Range is a mountain range and a national park in Queensland , 85 km southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia . It protects the western part of a semicircle of mountains in South East Queensland known as the Scenic Rim...
. It is surrounded by hills, including Mount French and other Moogerah Peaks. Frog Buttress
Frog Buttress
Frog Buttress is a cliff on the north-west side of Mount French, in the Moogerah Peaks National Park near the town of Boonah in Queensland, Australia. It became famous when local rock climbers Rick White and Chris Meadows discovered it in 1968...
is a popular rock climbing cliff on the north-west side of Mount French.
The town is serviced by the daily newspaper The Queensland Times
The Queensland Times
The Queensland Times is a daily newspaper serving Ipswich and surrounds in Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is owned by APN News & Media...
and the weekly newspaper The Fassifern Guardian. The Bremer Institute of TAFE has a campus at Boonah, which has operated at limited functionality for several years due to cutbacks.
History
Boonah was established in 1882 as a service centre for the surrounding farms. Originally the area was known as Dugandan, after a farm that was occupied as early as 1844. Later as a settlement grew it became known as Blumbergville. A railway line was built to the area in 1887, with the name Boonah given to a rail siding. The main commercial centre moved from Dugandan at the railway terminus, to Boonah after floods forced a shift of the settlement to higher grounds. Boonah was the centre of the Shire of BoonahShire of Boonah
The Shire of Boonah was a Local Government Area located in South East Queensland, Australia, about southwest of Brisbane. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1880 until its merger with parts of the Shire of Beaudesert and City of Ipswich to form the Scenic Rim Region on 15 March...
local government area until council amalgamations occurred in 2008.
Dams
The controversial Wyaralong DamWyaralong Dam
The Wyaralong Dam is a water project that was initiated by the Queensland Government in 2006 as a result of a prolonged drought which saw the catchment areas of South East Queensland's dams receive record low rain....
is under construction east of Boonah on Teviot Brook, a tributary of the Logan River
Logan River
The Logan River is a river in South East Queensland. The catchment is dominated by urban and agricultural land use. Near the river mouth are mangrove forests and a number of aquaculture farms.-History:...
. At full supply level, water will inundate parts of the road connecting Boonah and Beaudesert
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...
, so a new section of road has been built at significant expense.
Water for the town is supplied from Lake Moogerah
Lake Moogerah
Lake Moogerah, formed by Moogerah Dam, is a water supply and irrigation dam on Reynolds Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River in Southeast Queensland's Fassifern Valley. The lake is used for recreation, fishing and camping...
on Reynold's Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River. Maroon Dam
Maroon Dam
Maroon Dam is a water storage and recreational dam in South East Queensland. The dam lies 25 km south of Boonah, within the Scenic Rim at the foot of the McPherson Range. Maroon Dam subverts the waters of Burnett Creek, a tributary of Logan River and supplies the Scenic Rim Regional Council with...
is another reservoir built 25 km south of Boonah at the base of the McPherson Range.
Climate
Boonah experiences sub-tropical climatic conditions typically with warm wet summers and mild dry winters. Boonah township is approximately 80 metres above sea level.Average annual rainfall for the region is 866 mm, equating to an average of 89 days of rainfall.
Temperatures range between daytime averages of mid thirty degrees Celsius in summer, to low twenty degrees Celsius in winter.
See also
- AratulaAratula, QueenslandAratula is a small town in South East Queensland, approximately 60 kilometres southwest of Ipswich, just east of Cunninghams Gap. Warril Creek passes very close to the town...
- RoadvaleRoadvale, QueenslandRoadvale is a small village located in the Fassifern Valley, South east Queensland, Australia, north of the principal town Boonah and south west of the capital Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Roadvale and the surrounding area had a population of 559....
- KalbarKalbar, QueenslandKalbar is a small town in the Scenic Rim, South East Queensland, Australia. It is located near the Cunningham Highway and directly north of Mount French in the Fassifern Valley. The town is part of the Scenic Rim Region local government area. At the 2006 census, Kalbar had a population of...