Wengenville

Wengenville is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Wengenville had a population of 46 people.[1]

Wengenville
Queensland
Wengenville is located in Queensland
Wengenville
Wengenville
Coordinates26.8275°S 151.6872°E / -26.8275; 151.6872 (Wengenville (centre of locality))
Population46 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.398/km2 (1.030/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4615
Area115.7 km2 (44.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Wengenville:
Alice Creek Alice Creek Ellesmere
Bunya Mountains Wengenville Maidenwell
Brooklands
Bunya Mountains Pimpimbudgee Pimpimbudgee

Geography

The Maidenwell Bunya Mountain Road, one of three ways to access the Bunya Mountains by road, passes through the locality from east to south.[3]

History

The locality's name is derived from Wengen Creek, which probably comes from the Waka language (Bujiebara dialect) word wingin, which comes from the local Indigenous culture involving an old woman whose name was Winyirgan.

Wengenville was probably named at the suggestion of the daughter-in-law of sawmiller Lars Andersen, when the mill was erected on the site. The Bunya Timber Mills were started in 1923 and by August 1924, employed 56 men.[4][5] A mountain tramway which fed logs to the mill had at its steepest a gradient of 1 in 1.5.[6][7] The descent was accomplished by a winder known as a gravitation plant.[8]

A postal receiving office was opened at the Bunya Cash Store in August 1929, and then Wengenville was the name given to the post office at Bunya Mills in November 1929.[9] Henceforth all mail sent to that part of the district was to be addressed "Wengenville, via Maidenwell."[10]

The mill closed in 1961 and shortly afterwards the township was abandoned .[2][11]

Maidenwell Provisional School opened in April 1926. In 1934 a new school building was constructed and was opened as Wengenville State School. It closed on 1961.[12]

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

See also

Additional reading
  • Wengenville : the little timber town in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains : gone but not forgotten. Bunya Mountains Natural History Association Inc. 2015
  • In the shade of the bunyas : a history of the Maidenwell- Wengenville district, 1882-1982. Maidenwell Centenary Committee
  • 75 years of education : Peron, Maidenwell, Tandaringie, Tureen, Wengenville, Pimpimbudgee, Tanduringie. Vicki Gorton, Glenda Hinton

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wengenville (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Wengenville – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46277)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Google (29 July 2019). "Wengenville, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "COOYAR". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXII, no. 113. Queensland, Australia. 12 May 1923. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "MAIDENWELL DISTRICT". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXIII, no. 191. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "MAIDENWELL DISTRICT". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXV, no. 51. Queensland, Australia. 1 March 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Kerr, John (January 1998). "Inventory of Sawmills and Tramways" (PDF). Queensland Government. pp. 187, 188.
  8. "IN THE HEART OF THE HILLS". The Queenslander. No. 5997. Queensland, Australia. 27 March 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "DISTRICT NEWS". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXVIII, no. 194. Queensland, Australia. 15 August 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "DISTRICT NEWS". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXVIII, no. 188. Queensland, Australia. 2 December 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. Berry, Julie (20 June 2022). "Where's Wengenville?". Burnett Today. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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