Wain’s Hill Lookout
Mundubbera MUNDUBBERA IS APPROXIMATELY 50KM FROM GAYNDAH ALONG THE BURNETT HIGHWAY (A3).
MUNDUBBERA HERITAGE AND VISITOR CENTRE Bicentennial Park, Mundubbera Durong Road 1300 696 272 admin@northburnett.qld.gov.au
T THE HIGHWAY CROSSES THE BURNETT RIVER IN GAYNDAH – HEAD TOWARDS MUNDUBBERA THROUGH CITRUS ORCHARDS AND FARMLANDS. ON ROUTE THE HIGHWAY CLIMBS THE HILLS TO THE FERTILE BINJOUR PLATEAU. MUNDUBBERA IS A SHORT DRIVE OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE RURAL GETAWAY DRIVE ROUTE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES FEEDS INTO MUNDUBBERA AT THE MEETING PLACE OF THE BURNETT, AUBURN AND BOYNE RIVERS.
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he name of the town comes from the name of a pastoral property established in 1848 by H.P. Bouverie. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word, possibly from the Kabi language, meaning ‘sharp ridges’ or ‘climbing steps cut in a tree’. It has also been suggested it may mean ‘meeting place of the waters’, referring to the confluence of the Burnett, Auburn and Boyne rivers just upstream from Mundubbera. European settlement took place in the late 1840s and a town reserve was established on 26 November 1861. Closer settlement, involving migrants from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands, did not take place until the early 1900s and the town was established in its existing site prior to World War I. The Mundubbera Museum echoes of times gone by. Open on request the museum houses historical machinery and buildings as well as many local collections.
