Murgon

Murgon Queensland
The park on the main street of Murgon
Murgon The location of Murgon in Queensland
Population:	2,131[1]
Postcode:	4605
Coordinates:	26°14′S 151°57′E / 26.233°S 151.95°E / -26.233; 151.95Coordinates: 26°14′S 151°57′E / 26.233°S 151.95°E / -26.233; 151.95
Location:	223 km (139 mi) from Brisbane 199 km (124 mi) from Toowoomba 67 km (42 mi) from Kingaroy
LGA:	South Burnett Region
State District:	Nanango
Federal Division:	Wide Bay

Murgon is a town in Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Bunya Highway 270 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern part of the Burnett River catchment. Attractions of Murgon include winemaking, fishing on the nearby Bjelke-Petersen Dam and gem-fossicking.

Industries include peanuts, dairy farming, beef and cattle production and wine.

The Indigenous Australian settlement of Cherbourg is just south of Murgon.

In 1969 a tramway electrical substation located at Logan Road in Brisbane was dismantled and rebuilt in Murgon. This unusual link to Brisbane's tram system is located at the southern end of the town's railway station.

Fossils

Murgon is also close to a famous fossil site. The Murgon fossil site is the only such site in Australia with a diverse vertebrate fauna dating to the early Eocene epoch, around 55 million years ago, only 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

See also

• List of fossil sites (with link directory)

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Murgon (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL343000&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places:Murgon and Murgon Shire