Cunningham, Queensland

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Cunningham
Queensland
Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015.JPG
Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015
Cunningham is located in Queensland
Cunningham
Cunningham
Coordinates28°10′00″S 151°49′09″E / 28.1666°S 151.8191°E / -28.1666; 151.8191 (Cunningham (centre of locality))Coordinates: 28°10′00″S 151°49′09″E / 28.1666°S 151.8191°E / -28.1666; 151.8191 (Cunningham (centre of locality))
Population66 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.75/km2 (9.71/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Cunningham:
Pratten Upper Wheatvale Wheatvale
Montrose Cunningham Wheatvale
Greymare Rodgers Creek Rodgers Creek

Cunningham is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Cunningham had a population of 66 people.[1]

History[]

The locality is named after explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who was the first European to see the lush pastures of the Darling Downs in 1827.[2]

In the 2016 census Cunningham had a population of 66 people.[1]

Geography[]

The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality in an approximately east-west direction and forms part of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The land is mostly used for farming. There is a small urban centre on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road which features the Country Women's Association Memorial Hall at Cunningham Road,[3] a memorial park and the now disused .[4]

Amenities[]

Memorial park, 2015
Memorial to Patrick Leslie, Cunningham, 2015
War memorial, Cunningham, 2015
Monument to local pioneering families, 2015

The memorial park has a picnic table as well as three memorials to (left to right):

  • Patrick Leslie, the first settler on the Darling Downs who founded north of the park
  • the local servicemen who died in World War I and World War II
  • the pioneer families of the district: Clancy, Mullins, McMahon and Cantwell

The memorial cairn to Patrick Leslie was erected by the Rosenthal Shire Council and unveiled on 10 December 1959 by the Shire Chairman, J. A. Costello.[5]

The Cunningham branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall on Cunningham Road.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cunningham (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Cunningham – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45917)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Branch locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Plaque about the Patrick Leslie memorial cairn, Cunningham, 2015". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

External links[]

Media related to Cunningham, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

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