fbpx
Wikipedia

Wondai

January 24, 2023

Wondai /ˈwɒndaɪ/[2] is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] In the 2021 census, Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.[1]

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML
Wondai
Queensland
Post office
Wondai
Coordinates26°19′06″S 151°52′25″E / 26.3183°S 151.8736°E / -26.3183; 151.8736 (Wondai (town centre))Coordinates: 26°19′06″S 151°52′25″E / 26.3183°S 151.8736°E / -26.3183; 151.8736 (Wondai (town centre))
Population1,975 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density49.38/km2 (127.88/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4606
Area40.0 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Flynn

Geography

Wondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, 241 kilometres (150 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

 
Butcher shop in Wondai, 1935
 
A funeral procession in Wondai, ca. 1915

The name Wondai is believed to be an aboriginal word from the Wakawaka language derived from either watya meaning dingo (a native dog) or wandar meaning nape of the neck.[3][4]

Wondai was first settled in the 1850s and closer settlement took place in the early 1900s.

Wondai Provisional School opened on 2 May 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Wondai State School. A secondary department was added in 1964.[5]

Wondai Methodist Church opened on Sunday 4 October 1908,[6] being replaced by the current church building on 9 August 1914. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Wondai Uniting Church.[7]

In December 1912, a Baptist church opened in Wondai.[8][9][10]

St Mary's Anglican Church was dedicated on Thursday 21 September 1939 by Archbishop William Wand.[11][12] It replaced an earlier church.[13]

St John-Trinity Lutheran Church was built from timber in 1950.[14] In 1964, St John's Lutheran Church in Mondure was relocated to Wondai to become the church hall for St John-Triniity Lutheran church.[15]

On Sunday 31 January 1954, Archbishop James Duhig opened the St John the Baptist Primary Catholic School in Wondai.[16] It was operated the Presentation Sisters who already operated a convent school in Murgon. The school was always small with only two or three teachers serving there. In January 1968 it was decided that the two teachers should travel by car from the Murgon convent each day rather than operate a separate convent in Wondai. With student numbers falling below 30 and the Murgon Catholic School being only 9 miles (14 km) away, the St John's school closed at the end of 1969.[17]

In the 2006 census, Wondai had a population of 1,402 people.[18]

In the 2011 census, Wondai had a population of 2,127 people.[19]

In the 2016 census, Wondai had a population of 1,973 people.[20]

In the 2021 census, Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Wondai has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Important industries include beef, dairy, grains and duboisia, used in the production of the antispasmodic drug butylscopolamine. Growing in importance is the wine industry.

Education

Wondai State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-9) school for boys and girls at 32 Kent Street (26°19′15″S 151°52′56″E / 26.3207°S 151.8821°E / -26.3207; 151.8821 (Wondai State School)).[22][23] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 162 students with 20 teachers (18 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).[24] It includes a special education program.[22]

For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest schools are Murgon State High School in Murgon to the north-west or Kingaroy State High School in Kingaroy to the south.[25]

Amenities

The South Burnett Regional Council operates a library in Wondai.[26] The Wondai library building opened in 1962 and is located at 78 Mackenzie Street.[27][28]

The Wondai branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 86 McKenzie Street.[29]

St Mary's Anglican Church is at 32 Baynes Street (26°19′11″S 151°52′35″E / 26.3198°S 151.8765°E / -26.3198; 151.8765 (St Mary's Anglican Church)).[30]

St John the Baptist Catholic Church is at 16 Bramston Street.[31][32]

Wondai Uniting Church (formerly Wondai Methodist Church) is at 56 Pring Street.[7]

Wondai Baptist Church is at 48 Cadell Street.[33]

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church is at 38 Pring Street.[34]

St John-Trinity Lutheran Church is at 37 Edward Street (26°18′55″S 151°52′27″E / 26.31532°S 151.8743°E / -26.31532; 151.8743 (St John Trinity Lutheran Church)).[35][14]

Notable residents

Notable people from Wondai include

Wondai was also home to the legendary pacer Wondai's Mate.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wondai". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 December 2022.  
  2. ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
  3. ^ a b "Wondai – town in South Burnett Region (entry 37889)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Wondai – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46282)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "PERSONAL". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XL, no. 5273. Queensland, Australia. 3 October 1908. p. 3. from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b "Wondai Uniting Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  9. ^ "1912 Wondai". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ^ "THOUGH THE EAST.—IV". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 143. Queensland, Australia. 21 December 1912. p. 12. from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH AT WONDAI DEDICATED". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 22 September 1939. p. 12 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Year Book" (PDF). Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane. 2019. p. 132. (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. ^ "NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH AT WONDAI". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 21, 180. Queensland, Australia. 28 September 1939. p. 2. from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ a b Blake, Thom. "St John Trinity Lutheran Church". Queensland religious places database. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  15. ^ Blake, Thom. "St John's Lutheran Church". Queensland religious places database. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Drift To Cities Condemned". Morning Bulletin. No. 29, 476. Queensland, Australia. 25 January 1954. p. 4. from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "The Story of St Joseph's Catholic Parish, Murgon" (PDF). c. 2019. pp. 2–3. (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  18. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wondai (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  19. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wondai". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2015.  
  20. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wondai (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.  
  21. ^ "Boondooma Homestead (entry 600967)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  22. ^ a b "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  23. ^ "Wondai State School". from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  24. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Locate a Library - South Burnett Regional Council". South Burnett Regional Council. from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  27. ^ "Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  28. ^ "Wondai Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 15 August 2017. from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  29. ^ . Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  30. ^ "St Mary's Anglican Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  31. ^ "St John the Baptist Wondai". murgon.brisbanecatholic.org.au. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  32. ^ "St John the Baptist Catholic Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  33. ^ "Wondai Baptist Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  34. ^ "St Andrew's Presbyterian Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  35. ^ "St John-Trinity Lutheran Church". Churches Australia. from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  36. ^ . Just Racing. Phil Purser. 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Further reading

  • Wondai-Proston Circuit (1960), Faith in action : every Methodist canvass, July 1960, Methodist Church of Australasia

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wondai, Queensland.
  • "Wondai". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
  • "Town map of Wondai". Queensland Government. 1981.
  • SMH Travel article

January 24, 2023
wondai, rural, town, locality, south, burnett, region, queensland, australia, 2021, census, population, people, coordinates, using, openstreetmap, download, coordinates, queenslandpost, officecoordinates26, 3183, 8736, 3183, 8736, town, centre, coordinates, 31. Wondai ˈ w ɒ n d aɪ 2 is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region Queensland Australia 3 4 In the 2021 census Wondai had a population of 1 975 people 1 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLWondai QueenslandPost officeWondaiCoordinates26 19 06 S 151 52 25 E 26 3183 S 151 8736 E 26 3183 151 8736 Wondai town centre Coordinates 26 19 06 S 151 52 25 E 26 3183 S 151 8736 E 26 3183 151 8736 Wondai town centre Population1 975 2021 census 1 Density49 38 km2 127 88 sq mi Postcode s 4606Area40 0 km2 15 4 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location15 7 km 10 mi SE of Murgon29 5 km 18 mi N of Kingaroy185 km 115 mi N of Toowoomba247 km 153 mi NW of BrisbaneLGA s South Burnett RegionState electorate s NanangoFederal division s FlynnLocalities around Wondai Chelmsford Wheatlands Ficks CrossingGreenview Wondai CherbourgTingoora Charlestown Charlestown Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Heritage listings 4 Economy 5 Education 6 Amenities 7 Notable residents 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksGeography EditWondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway 241 kilometres 150 mi north west of the state capital Brisbane History Edit Butcher shop in Wondai 1935 A funeral procession in Wondai ca 1915 The name Wondai is believed to be an aboriginal word from the Wakawaka language derived from either watya meaning dingo a native dog or wandar meaning nape of the neck 3 4 Wondai was first settled in the 1850s and closer settlement took place in the early 1900s Wondai Provisional School opened on 2 May 1905 On 1 January 1909 it became Wondai State School A secondary department was added in 1964 5 Wondai Methodist Church opened on Sunday 4 October 1908 6 being replaced by the current church building on 9 August 1914 When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977 it became Wondai Uniting Church 7 In December 1912 a Baptist church opened in Wondai 8 9 10 St Mary s Anglican Church was dedicated on Thursday 21 September 1939 by Archbishop William Wand 11 12 It replaced an earlier church 13 St John Trinity Lutheran Church was built from timber in 1950 14 In 1964 St John s Lutheran Church in Mondure was relocated to Wondai to become the church hall for St John Triniity Lutheran church 15 On Sunday 31 January 1954 Archbishop James Duhig opened the St John the Baptist Primary Catholic School in Wondai 16 It was operated the Presentation Sisters who already operated a convent school in Murgon The school was always small with only two or three teachers serving there In January 1968 it was decided that the two teachers should travel by car from the Murgon convent each day rather than operate a separate convent in Wondai With student numbers falling below 30 and the Murgon Catholic School being only 9 miles 14 km away the St John s school closed at the end of 1969 17 In the 2006 census Wondai had a population of 1 402 people 18 In the 2011 census Wondai had a population of 2 127 people 19 In the 2016 census Wondai had a population of 1 973 people 20 In the 2021 census Wondai had a population of 1 975 people 1 Heritage listings EditWondai has a number of heritage listed sites including Mundubbera Durong Road Boondooma Boondooma Homestead 21 Economy EditImportant industries include beef dairy grains and duboisia used in the production of the antispasmodic drug butylscopolamine Growing in importance is the wine industry Education EditWondai State School is a government primary and secondary Prep 9 school for boys and girls at 32 Kent Street 26 19 15 S 151 52 56 E 26 3207 S 151 8821 E 26 3207 151 8821 Wondai State School 22 23 In 2018 the school had an enrolment of 162 students with 20 teachers 18 full time equivalent and 17 non teaching staff 13 full time equivalent 24 It includes a special education program 22 For secondary education to Year 12 the nearest schools are Murgon State High School in Murgon to the north west or Kingaroy State High School in Kingaroy to the south 25 Amenities EditThe South Burnett Regional Council operates a library in Wondai 26 The Wondai library building opened in 1962 and is located at 78 Mackenzie Street 27 28 The Wondai branch of the Queensland Country Women s Association meets at 86 McKenzie Street 29 St Mary s Anglican Church is at 32 Baynes Street 26 19 11 S 151 52 35 E 26 3198 S 151 8765 E 26 3198 151 8765 St Mary s Anglican Church 30 St John the Baptist Catholic Church is at 16 Bramston Street 31 32 Wondai Uniting Church formerly Wondai Methodist Church is at 56 Pring Street 7 Wondai Baptist Church is at 48 Cadell Street 33 St Andrew s Presbyterian Church is at 38 Pring Street 34 St John Trinity Lutheran Church is at 37 Edward Street 26 18 55 S 151 52 27 E 26 31532 S 151 8743 E 26 31532 151 8743 St John Trinity Lutheran Church 35 14 Notable residents EditNotable people from Wondai include Australian Test cricketers Carl Rackemann and Nathan Hauritz Country music artist comedian Chad MorganWondai was also home to the legendary pacer Wondai s Mate 36 References Edit a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Wondai 2021 Census QuickStats Retrieved 10 December 2022 Macquarie Dictionary Fourth Edition 2005 Melbourne The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd ISBN 1 876429 14 3 a b Wondai town in South Burnett Region entry 37889 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 16 September 2020 a b Wondai locality in South Burnett Region entry 46282 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 16 September 2020 Queensland Family History Society 2010 Queensland schools past and present Version 1 01 ed Queensland Family History Society ISBN 978 1 921171 26 0 PERSONAL Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette Vol XL no 5273 Queensland Australia 3 October 1908 p 3 Archived from the original on 20 May 2022 Retrieved 8 February 2022 via National Library of Australia a b Wondai Uniting Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection opening Baptist Church Archives Queensland Archived from the original on 26 November 2021 Retrieved 29 November 2021 1912 Wondai Baptist Church Archives Queensland Archived from the original on 26 November 2021 Retrieved 29 November 2021 THOUGH THE EAST IV The Brisbane Courier No 17 143 Queensland Australia 21 December 1912 p 12 Archived from the original on 20 May 2022 Retrieved 29 November 2021 via National Library of Australia NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH AT WONDAI DEDICATED The Telegraph Queensland Australia 22 September 1939 p 12 CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS Archived from the original on 20 May 2022 Retrieved 16 September 2020 via National Library of Australia Year Book PDF Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane 2019 p 132 Archived PDF from the original on 15 September 2020 Retrieved 15 September 2020 NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH AT WONDAI Maryborough Chronicle Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser No 21 180 Queensland Australia 28 September 1939 p 2 Archived from the original on 20 May 2022 Retrieved 16 September 2020 via National Library of Australia a b Blake Thom St John Trinity Lutheran Church Queensland religious places database Retrieved 22 September 2022 Blake Thom St John s Lutheran Church Queensland religious places database Retrieved 22 September 2022 Drift To Cities Condemned Morning Bulletin No 29 476 Queensland Australia 25 January 1954 p 4 Archived from the original on 20 May 2022 Retrieved 28 September 2021 via National Library of Australia The Story of St Joseph s Catholic Parish Murgon PDF c 2019 pp 2 3 Archived PDF from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Wondai Urban Centre Locality 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 28 October 2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Wondai 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 1 September 2015 Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Wondai SSC 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 Boondooma Homestead entry 600967 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 12 July 2013 a b State and non state school details Queensland Government 9 July 2018 Archived from the original on 21 November 2018 Retrieved 21 November 2018 Wondai State School Archived from the original on 3 December 2018 Retrieved 21 November 2018 ACARA School Profile 2018 Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 Retrieved 28 January 2020 Queensland Globe State of Queensland Retrieved 16 September 2020 Locate a Library South Burnett Regional Council South Burnett Regional Council Archived from the original on 31 January 2018 Retrieved 26 February 2016 Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016 2017 PDF Public Libraries Connect State Library of Queensland November 2017 Archived PDF from the original on 30 January 2018 Retrieved 24 January 2018 Wondai Library Public Libraries Connect State Library of Queensland 15 August 2017 Archived from the original on 25 January 2018 Retrieved 24 January 2018 Branch Locations Queensland Country Women s Association Archived from the original on 26 December 2018 Retrieved 26 December 2018 St Mary s Anglican Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 17 September 2020 Retrieved 16 September 2020 St John the Baptist Wondai murgon brisbanecatholic org au Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 St John the Baptist Catholic Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 Wondai Baptist Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 St Andrew s Presbyterian Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 St John Trinity Lutheran Church Churches Australia Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 24 HOURS OF SADNESS HITS THE SOUTH BURNETT Just Racing Phil Purser 2004 Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 Retrieved 1 March 2007 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Further reading EditWondai Proston Circuit 1960 Faith in action every Methodist canvass July 1960 Methodist Church of AustralasiaExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wondai Queensland Wondai Queensland Places Centre for the Government of Queensland University of Queensland Town map of Wondai Queensland Government 1981 SMH Travel article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wondai amp oldid 1128990943, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.