Many Peaks, Queensland

Many Peaks is a town in Gladstone Region in Queensland, Australia. It is one of four small townships within the locality of Boyne Valley along with Nagoorin, Builyan and Ubobo.[1]

This article is about the town in Queensland, Australia. For the town in Western Australia, see Manypeaks, Western Australia.

Many Peaks
Queensland
The Grand Hotel in Many Peaks, 2017
Many Peaks
Coordinates24.5441°S 151.3713°E / -24.5441; 151.3713 (Many Peaks (town centre))
Postcode(s)4680
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal Division(s)Flynn

History

Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry.[2]

Nanandu Post Office opened by August 1907, was renamed Many Peaks in 1908 and closed in 1977.[3]

Three shops were destroyed by fire in Many Peaks in January 1916 with the Theatre Grand, a large building, also damaged due to a lack of an available fire brigade or sufficient water to fight the blaze.[4]

Nicholas Gianis Veneris (Nicholas Hellen) purchased a property with an established café and fruit orchard in Many Peaks in 1915-1916 and in time he was to become one of the first Greek immigrants to serve as a Councillor for the Calliope Shire Council.[5]

Many Peaks Provisional School opened on 23 Oct 1922 as part of the railway construction camp (57 Mile Camp) for the Gladstone to Monto railway line. In 1923 it was relocated south to the 63 Mile Camp. In 1926 it moved south to 67 Mile Camp and was renamed Barrimoon Provisional School (Barrimoon being the name of the railway station there). In 1927 it moved again to 74 Mile Camp and its name was changed in 1928 to Kalpowar Provisional School. In 1929 it moved to 82 Mile Camp and in September 1930 it was renamed Bancroft Provisional School. On 1 August 1931 it became Bancroft State School and remained there permanently until its closure on 31 December 1998.[6]

Heritage listings

Many Peaks has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Many Peaks. However, there are three primary schools at the other Boyne Valley township with the nearest being Builyan.[8]

There are no secondary schools in Boyne Valley. The nearest is Miriam Vale State School which offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For Years 11 and 12, the nearest schools are Gladstone State High School, Rosedale State School and Monto State High School.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Many Peaks (entry 20861)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Gureng Gureng". State Library of Queensland. 21 January 2020.
  3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. "Barcaldine AND General Budget". The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-western Districts. Queensland, Australia. 22 January 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 5 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Cafe Many Peaks, Boyne Valley". State Library of Queensland. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. "Glassford Creek Smelter Sites (entry 602389)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  8. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 January 2019.


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