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Murgon
Queensland
Population:2,143
Postcode:4605
Location:
LGA:Murgon Shire
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 wine-making, fishing on the nearby Bjelke-Petersen Dam and gem-fossicking.

Murgon is also close to a famous fossil site. The Murgon Fossil Site is the only fossil site with a diverse vertebrate fauna dating from 55 million years ago to ten million years ago.

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

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

In 1969 the former Logan Road (Brisbane) tramway electrical substation, 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.

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Coordinates:
Queensland

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State
Motto(s): "Audax at Fidelis" (Bold but Faithful)

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Brisbane
Government Constitutional monarchy
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2000—2599
2620—2898
2921—2999 Australian Capital Territory ACT 0200—0299 (LVRs and PO Boxes only)
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Brisbane
Queensland

Location of Brisbane within Australia

Population:
• Density: 1,848,000(Dec 2006) (3rd)
353.8/km

Established: 1824

Area: 4673.
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Toowoomba
QLD

Population:
• Density: 90,199 (Census 2006) (15th)
209.4/km

Postcode: 4350

Elevation: 700 m

Time zone: AEST (UTC+10)
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Kingaroy
Queensland

The peanut silos in Haly Street are the town's tallest structures and most visible landmark.
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Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Queensland, Australia are the areas for which particular Local Government authorities, generally known as "Councils" have the responsibility to provide local government services.
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Murgon Shire Council
Queensland

Population:
• Density: 3,728 (2004)
5.6/km

Area: 665 km

Mayor: Peter Angel

Council Seat: Murgon


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State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative Assembly of Australian states and territories. Most state electoral districts (except Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, which have multi-member electorates using a
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The division of Nanango is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The Division contains the towns of
  • Nanango
  • Esk
  • Kingaroy
  • Blackbutt
  • Brooklands
  • Coominya
  • Inverlaw
  • Jimna
  • Kilcoy
  • Linville
  • Kumbia

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The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election.
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Queensland

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State
Motto(s): "Audax at Fidelis" (Bold but Faithful)

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Brisbane
Government Constitutional monarchy
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Bunya Highway

Length 177 kilometres
General direction: North-South
From: Goomeri, Queensland
To: Dalby, Queensland''
Towns along highway: Murgon, Kingaroy

The Bunya Highway
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Brisbane
Queensland

Location of Brisbane within Australia

Population:
• Density: 1,848,000(Dec 2006) (3rd)
353.8/km

Established: 1824

Area: 4673.
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South Burnett
Queensland

The rich soils of the region support a thriving agricultural industry

LGA:

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Origin Mt Gaeta, near Monto, Queensland
Mouth Pacific Ocean at Burnett Heads, Queensland

Length 435km

Basin area 32,220 km²

The Burnett River
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A drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surfaces from
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Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of grape juice.[1] The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients.
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Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. By extension, the term fishing is applied to pursuing other aquatic animals such as various types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, frogs, and some edible marine invertebrates.
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Murgon
Queensland

Population: 2,143

Postcode: 4605

Location:
  • 223 km from Brisbane

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For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation)


FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system.
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Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812

Classes and Clades

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Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata (within the phylum Chordata), specifically, those chordates with backbones or spinal columns.
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Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.

Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g.
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A. hypogaea

Binomial name
Arachis hypogaea
L.

This article is about the legume. For the comic strip, see Peanuts. For other uses, see Peanut (disambiguation).

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A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk—mostly from goats or cows, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses, or camels —for human consumption.
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Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle.
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