Kynuna

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Kynuna
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland
Founded : 1863
Coordinates : 21 ° 35 ′  S , 141 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 21 ° 35 ′  S , 141 ° 55 ′  E
Area : 8,452.2  km²
Residents : 55 (2016)
Population density : 0.007 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 4823
LGA : McKinlay Shire
Kynuna (Queensland)
Kynuna
Kynuna

Kynuna is a place in the center of the Australian state of Queensland on the banks of the Diamantina River . The village is located on the Landsborough Highway in the Shire of McKinlay , a Local Government Area , 1521 km northwest of Brisbane and 303 km southeast of the regional center of Mount Isa . In 2016, Kynuna had 55 residents.

The site was set up as a horse-drawn camp at the nearby Kynuna Farm, where five streets on the Diamantina River met. Kyuna was named a city in 1894 and shortly afterwards was inhabited by 700 people and had three pubs.

According to a local legend, the sheep shearer Samuel Hoffmeister committed suicide at the Combo Waterhole near Kynuna in 1894. This inspired Banjo Paterson to write Waltzing Matilda . Paterson was engaged to the daughter of a local farmer for a while and toured the area.

Today the place has a pub and a hotel.

South of Kynuna is Australia's northernmost opal field .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kynuna ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Kynuna History . McKinlay Shire Council. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mckinlay.qld.gov.au
  3. ↑ Kynuna . In: Queensland's Outback . Tourism Queensland. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ mines.industry.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Opal , in English, accessed February 15, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mines.industry.qld.gov.au