The South Burnett Regional Council area is located in the Wide Bay Burnett Region of south-east Queensland. The South Burnett Regional Council area encompasses a total land area of about 8,400 square kilometres. The South Burnett Regional Council area is predominantly rural, with a township at Kingaroy, smaller townships at Murgon, Nanango and Wondai, and villages at Benarkin, Blackbutt, Durong, Hivesville, Kumbia, Maidenwell, Memerambi, Proston, Tingoora and Wooroolin. Rural land is used largely for agriculture, particularly cattle grazing, and crop and cereal growing. Timber production, viticulture, coal mining and electricity generation are also important industries.
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NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.
Transportation Networks
- Bunya Highway
- Burnett Highway
- D'Aguilar Highway
Distances
- Brisbane CBD 200km
- Brisbane Airport 210km
- Sunshine Coast Airport 210km
Major Industrial Precincts
- Tarong Power Stations
- Meandu Mine
- Kingaroy (between Kingaroy Street and Jarrah Street)
- Kingaroy (south of River Road and east of Bunya Highway)
- Kingaroy (south of Harris Road and north of Industrial Avenue)
- Murgon (around Gayndah Road and Bunya Highway)
- Wondai (around North Street and Old Dip Road)