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Byrnestown

March 14, 2024

Byrnestown is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Byrnestown had a population of 34 people.[1]

Byrnestown
Queensland
Byrnestown
Coordinates25°31′19″S 151°46′04″E / 25.5219°S 151.7677°E / -25.5219; 151.7677 (Byrnestown (centre of locality))
Population34 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.846/km2 (2.19/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4625
Area40.2 km2 (15.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)North Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Electoral district of Callide
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Byrnestown:
Wetheron Wetheron Gooroolba
Wetheron Byrnestown Gooroolba
Wetheron Ginoondan Ginoondan

The town was established as one of the first communes in Queensland.

History edit

In response to the idea of communes promulgated by utopian William Lane, in 1893 the Queensland Government legislated the Queensland Co-operative Communities Land Settlement Act to allow a group of 30 or more men and their families to establish a commune in Queensland. This led to many groups forming to pursue the goal of establishing a commune; one of these groups called themselves Byrnestown after the then Queensland Attorney-General Thomas Joseph Byrnes (who became Premier of Queensland in 1898).[2][3]

In late 1893, sites near Roma were deemed too far from the town.[4] In January 1893, the Byrnestown group inspected land in the Burnett area and found it suitable, having a water supply from the Wetherton Creek and frontage to the prospective railway to Gayndah. As a result, the Byrnestown commune (comprising 34 members) was registered on 24 February 1894 receiving 4,600 acres (1,900 ha) for an 8-year term. Another group calling themselves Resolute selected land immediately to the east of the Byrnestown group, while a third group Bon Accord also took land in the Burnett area at Bon Accord.[3][5][6]

The first of the Byrnestown settlers arrived in March 1894.[7] Although all communes were given initial funds, by June 1894, Byrnestown requested and received additional financial assistance.[8] By October 1894, there were 169 people in the Byrnestown commune: 34 men, 28 wives and 107 children. The group had erected numerous bark dwellings, farm buildings and were beginning work on a school building, but had made more limited progress on clearing and planting the land.[9][10]

 
"Showing how six Byrnestown socialists paid the penalty of a too strict adherence to principle", cartoon, 1895

The Byrnestown commune did not succeed. As early as November 1894, there were allegations (denied by the group) that some of their members were working outside the commune but not contributing their wages to the commune as their agreement required.[10] The following month some members were petitioning the government for funds, saying that the commune's management committee was denying them food.[11] At the agricultural show at Degilbo in February 1895, it was revealed that 6 men had left the group and a further 9 were refusing to work, with the group's secretary suggesting the internal disputes arose from differences in nationality and religion.[12] An inspection in April 1895 reported on limited progress at cultivation of the land, possibly linked to the number of men in the group working outside the commune.[13] By July 1895, members of group had resorted to legal action over the management committee refusal to provide food to members who disagreed with their decisions.[14] Byrnestown was not alone in its failure; in August 1895 a report by the Under-Secretary for Agriculture revealed most of the communes established were "in a state of collapse" and that there was little prospect of them being economically self-supporting.[15]

One small success for the commune was the opening of the Byrnestown Provisional School on 4 September 1895.[16] However, the Byrnestown commune soon complained that children from the neighbouring Resolute commune were attending their school without contributing to it.[17]

In October 1895, the Byrnestown committee instituted a system of punishments for any member (or their wife) who criticised their commune or suggested it might not be a success.[18] In December 1895, the Queensland Government passed legislation to enable communes to be dissolved and the communal land divided among the members.[19] The members of Byrnestown immediately petitioned the Queensland Government to divide their communal land into individual portions.[20] In April 1896, 2,560 acres (1,040 ha) of the Byrnestown communal land was divided among 16 of its members, bringing the commune to an end.[21] Those members who chose to take up individual land generally succeeded in their enterprise and were described less than two years later in February 1896 as "doing pretty well", suggesting that dissolution of the commune had rid the community of those men unsuited to agriculture or generally disinclined to work.[22]

A report by R. W. Winks of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension, dated 10 November 1897 stated:- "The first really good piece of country of any extent begins some little distance from the coach stage at Wetheron, Two Mile, extending beyond the head station and running thence in a south-westerly direction to Oakey Creek. This belt, which takes in the whole of what was the Byrnestown and part of the Resolute and Bon Accord Groups, about 8 miles (13 km) in length, and varying in breadth from 3 to 4 miles, is on the whole good land. It is principally composed of fine, black and chocolate soil ridges, even in contour, and in many places lightly timbered with broad-leafed ironbark and a kind of bloodwood. In some parts there is scarcely any timber, from which fact a portion of this zone is known locally as the Wetheron Clear Lands. Want of water is the chief drawback, but from some wells I saw on what was once group property, it would appear that good water can be obtained by comparatively shallow sinking. The average depth of the wells seemed about 40 feet (12 m)."[23]

In 1903, there were over 1,000 acres (400 ha) under cultivation, growing mostly maize, potatoes and fodder crops; the main barrier to greater prosperity was the distance to the railway.[24]

The Byrnestown Provisional School was originally housed in a bark humpy, but, through the efforts of Roman Catholic priest Father Michael Joseph McKiernan, it was replaced by a more substantial building.[25] It became a state school in 1909. A second school, Byrnestown Central State School, opened on 20 May 1913,[26] after which the first school was often known as Old Byrnestown School. The old school closed in 1931 and its buildings were relocated in 1932 to Wilson Valley.[27] In 1938, Byrnestown Central State School was renamed Byrnestown State School. It closed on 31 December 1970.[16][28][29] (Old) Byrnestown State School was on the western side of Gayndah - Mount Perry Road (25°32′55″S 151°46′36″E / 25.54858°S 151.77670°E / -25.54858; 151.77670 ((Old) Byrnetown State School (former))).[30][31] Byrnestown (Central) State School was at 28 Byrnes Parade (corner of King George Avenue, 25°31′24″S 151°45′31″E / 25.52324°S 151.75872°E / -25.52324; 151.75872 (Byrnestown (Central) State School (former))).[30][32][31]

Byrnestown Post Office opened by November 1903 (a receiving office had been open from 1898) and closed in 1911. Byrnestown Railway Station Post Office opened by June 1910 (a receiving office had been open from 1909, briefly known as Ginoon) and closed in 1974.[33]

 
Church of the Sacred Heart, 1925

In August 1913, local residents desired to establish a Roman Catholic church in the town. At that time, the town had a hall which was used both for church services and recreational purposes, but following the establishment of a concert hall by Mr Christensen, the hall was only used for church services. Peter McSween senior donated an acre of land for the church and the residents decided to relocate the old hall to the donated land.[34] On 25 July 1914, Archbishop James Duhig opened St Peter's Catholic Church with 250 people in attendance. The new church was made of weatherboard and was 40 by 20 feet (12.2 by 6.1 m) with a sacristry and vestry in the rear of the church and an "artistic" porch at the front. The building was designed and built by local contractor Harry Head.[35][36] On 1 December 1923, the church was blown down in a storm.[37][38] It was decided in August 1924 to construct a new church rather than try to repair the damaged building.[39][40] The contract for the new church was given to George William Jealous of Gayndah at a cost of over £1000.[41] The new Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart was opened in Byrnestown on 22 February 1925 by Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig.[42][43] The church was damaged in a cyclone in 1959. In 1969 the church was moved to Gayndah to serve as the church hall for St Joseph's Catholic Church there. To reduce the risk of future cyclone damage, the roof was lowered by reducing the height of the walls and reducing the pitch of the roof.[44]

In May 1931, a railway carriage carrying the Queensland Premier Arthur Edward Moore and Robert Boyd MLA and their wives came detached during shunting operations at the Gooroolba junction and rolled away, gathering speed down a streep grade. It hurtled, swaying dangerously, through Byrnestown railway station and eventually came to a halt five miles later on flat ground near the Wetheron railway station. Nobody was hurt.[45][46]

In the 2016 census, Byrnestown had a population of 34 people.[1]

Heritage listing edit

The Byrnestown Commune and Cemetery are listed on the North Burnett Regional Council's local heritage register.[3]

References edit

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Further reading edit

  • Metcalf, William James (1998), The Gayndah communes : from Aborigines and squatters through communes to rural depopulation in the Gayndah area, Central Queensland University Press, ISBN 978-1-875998-49-4

External links edit

  • Bill Metcalf. "Utopian communities". Queensland Historical Atlas.
  • "Byrnestown commune plan, 1890s". Queensland Historical Atlas. – map of Byrnestown commune
  • "Survey of communes, 1890s". Queensland Historical Atlas. – map showing communes in the Burnett area

March 14, 2024
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Byrnestown is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region Queensland Australia 2 In the 2016 census Byrnestown had a population of 34 people 1 Byrnestown QueenslandByrnestownCoordinates25 31 19 S 151 46 04 E 25 5219 S 151 7677 E 25 5219 151 7677 Byrnestown centre of locality Population34 2016 census 1 Density0 846 km2 2 19 sq mi Postcode s 4625Area40 2 km2 15 5 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location20 km 12 mi NE of Gayndah94 km 58 mi W of Maryborough250 km 155 mi NW of BrisbaneLGA s North Burnett RegionState electorate s Electoral district of CallideFederal division s FlynnSuburbs around Byrnestown Wetheron Wetheron GooroolbaWetheron Byrnestown GooroolbaWetheron Ginoondan GinoondanThe town was established as one of the first communes in Queensland Contents 1 History 2 Heritage listing 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editIn response to the idea of communes promulgated by utopian William Lane in 1893 the Queensland Government legislated the Queensland Co operative Communities Land Settlement Act to allow a group of 30 or more men and their families to establish a commune in Queensland This led to many groups forming to pursue the goal of establishing a commune one of these groups called themselves Byrnestown after the then Queensland Attorney General Thomas Joseph Byrnes who became Premier of Queensland in 1898 2 3 In late 1893 sites near Roma were deemed too far from the town 4 In January 1893 the Byrnestown group inspected land in the Burnett area and found it suitable having a water supply from the Wetherton Creek and frontage to the prospective railway to Gayndah As a result the Byrnestown commune comprising 34 members was registered on 24 February 1894 receiving 4 600 acres 1 900 ha for an 8 year term Another group calling themselves Resolute selected land immediately to the east of the Byrnestown group while a third group Bon Accord also took land in the Burnett area at Bon Accord 3 5 6 The first of the Byrnestown settlers arrived in March 1894 7 Although all communes were given initial funds by June 1894 Byrnestown requested and received additional financial assistance 8 By October 1894 there were 169 people in the Byrnestown commune 34 men 28 wives and 107 children The group had erected numerous bark dwellings farm buildings and were beginning work on a school building but had made more limited progress on clearing and planting the land 9 10 nbsp Showing how six Byrnestown socialists paid the penalty of a too strict adherence to principle cartoon 1895The Byrnestown commune did not succeed As early as November 1894 there were allegations denied by the group that some of their members were working outside the commune but not contributing their wages to the commune as their agreement required 10 The following month some members were petitioning the government for funds saying that the commune s management committee was denying them food 11 At the agricultural show at Degilbo in February 1895 it was revealed that 6 men had left the group and a further 9 were refusing to work with the group s secretary suggesting the internal disputes arose from differences in nationality and religion 12 An inspection in April 1895 reported on limited progress at cultivation of the land possibly linked to the number of men in the group working outside the commune 13 By July 1895 members of group had resorted to legal action over the management committee refusal to provide food to members who disagreed with their decisions 14 Byrnestown was not alone in its failure in August 1895 a report by the Under Secretary for Agriculture revealed most of the communes established were in a state of collapse and that there was little prospect of them being economically self supporting 15 One small success for the commune was the opening of the Byrnestown Provisional School on 4 September 1895 16 However the Byrnestown commune soon complained that children from the neighbouring Resolute commune were attending their school without contributing to it 17 In October 1895 the Byrnestown committee instituted a system of punishments for any member or their wife who criticised their commune or suggested it might not be a success 18 In December 1895 the Queensland Government passed legislation to enable communes to be dissolved and the communal land divided among the members 19 The members of Byrnestown immediately petitioned the Queensland Government to divide their communal land into individual portions 20 In April 1896 2 560 acres 1 040 ha of the Byrnestown communal land was divided among 16 of its members bringing the commune to an end 21 Those members who chose to take up individual land generally succeeded in their enterprise and were described less than two years later in February 1896 as doing pretty well suggesting that dissolution of the commune had rid the community of those men unsuited to agriculture or generally disinclined to work 22 A report by R W Winks of the Department of Agriculture Brisbane surveying for the proposed Degilbo to Gayndah railway line extension dated 10 November 1897 stated The first really good piece of country of any extent begins some little distance from the coach stage at Wetheron Two Mile extending beyond the head station and running thence in a south westerly direction to Oakey Creek This belt which takes in the whole of what was the Byrnestown and part of the Resolute and Bon Accord Groups about 8 miles 13 km in length and varying in breadth from 3 to 4 miles is on the whole good land It is principally composed of fine black and chocolate soil ridges even in contour and in many places lightly timbered with broad leafed ironbark and a kind of bloodwood In some parts there is scarcely any timber from which fact a portion of this zone is known locally as the Wetheron Clear Lands Want of water is the chief drawback but from some wells I saw on what was once group property it would appear that good water can be obtained by comparatively shallow sinking The average depth of the wells seemed about 40 feet 12 m 23 In 1903 there were over 1 000 acres 400 ha under cultivation growing mostly maize potatoes and fodder crops the main barrier to greater prosperity was the distance to the railway 24 The Byrnestown Provisional School was originally housed in a bark humpy but through the efforts of Roman Catholic priest Father Michael Joseph McKiernan it was replaced by a more substantial building 25 It became a state school in 1909 A second school Byrnestown Central State School opened on 20 May 1913 26 after which the first school was often known as Old Byrnestown School The old school closed in 1931 and its buildings were relocated in 1932 to Wilson Valley 27 In 1938 Byrnestown Central State School was renamed Byrnestown State School It closed on 31 December 1970 16 28 29 Old Byrnestown State School was on the western side of Gayndah Mount Perry Road 25 32 55 S 151 46 36 E 25 54858 S 151 77670 E 25 54858 151 77670 Old Byrnetown State School former 30 31 Byrnestown Central State School was at 28 Byrnes Parade corner of King George Avenue 25 31 24 S 151 45 31 E 25 52324 S 151 75872 E 25 52324 151 75872 Byrnestown Central State School former 30 32 31 Byrnestown Post Office opened by November 1903 a receiving office had been open from 1898 and closed in 1911 Byrnestown Railway Station Post Office opened by June 1910 a receiving office had been open from 1909 briefly known as Ginoon and closed in 1974 33 nbsp Church of the Sacred Heart 1925In August 1913 local residents desired to establish a Roman Catholic church in the town At that time the town had a hall which was used both for church services and recreational purposes but following the establishment of a concert hall by Mr Christensen the hall was only used for church services Peter McSween senior donated an acre of land for the church and the residents decided to relocate the old hall to the donated land 34 On 25 July 1914 Archbishop James Duhig opened St Peter s Catholic Church with 250 people in attendance The new church was made of weatherboard and was 40 by 20 feet 12 2 by 6 1 m with a sacristry and vestry in the rear of the church and an artistic porch at the front The building was designed and built by local contractor Harry Head 35 36 On 1 December 1923 the church was blown down in a storm 37 38 It was decided in August 1924 to construct a new church rather than try to repair the damaged building 39 40 The contract for the new church was given to George William Jealous of Gayndah at a cost of over 1000 41 The new Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart was opened in Byrnestown on 22 February 1925 by Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig 42 43 The church was damaged in a cyclone in 1959 In 1969 the church was moved to Gayndah to serve as the church hall for St Joseph s Catholic Church there To reduce the risk of future cyclone damage the roof was lowered by reducing the height of the walls and reducing the pitch of the roof 44 In May 1931 a railway carriage carrying the Queensland Premier Arthur Edward Moore and Robert Boyd MLA and their wives came detached during shunting operations at the Gooroolba junction and rolled away gathering speed down a streep grade It hurtled swaying dangerously through Byrnestown railway station and eventually came to a halt five miles later on flat ground near the Wetheron railway station Nobody was hurt 45 46 In the 2016 census Byrnestown had a population of 34 people 1 Heritage listing editThe Byrnestown Commune and Cemetery are listed on the North Burnett Regional Council s local heritage register 3 References edit a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Byrnestown SSC 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 nbsp a b Byrnestown locality in North Burnett Region entry 45325 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 15 December 2020 a b c Byrnestown Commune and Cemetery PDF Local Heritage Register North Burnett Regional Council 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