Cunningham, Queensland
| Cunningham Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015 | |||||||||||||
  Cunningham | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°09′34″S 151°50′08″E / 28.15944°S 151.83556°ECoordinates: 28°09′34″S 151°50′08″E / 28.15944°S 151.83556°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||
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Cunningham is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[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.[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, a memorial park and the now disused Cunningham railway station.[2]
Amenities
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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 Toolburra Station 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.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Cunningham (entry 45917)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Plaque about the Patrick Leslie memorial cairn, Cunningham, 2015". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
External links
Media related to Cunningham, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons