bundaberg

4BU Radio Station is a heritage-listed former radio station building at 55 Woongarra Street, Bundaberg Central, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Herbert Stuart-Nairne and built in 1957. It is also known as The Strand Cafe/Restaurant. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000. Cnr Woongarra and Maryborough streets, Bundaberg Central: Christ Church, Bundaberg[85] The church sits adjacent to Buss Park which contains a memorial to Bert Hinkle. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundaberg

Fairymead was originally established as the Fairymead Sugar Plantation with its associated Fairymead Sugar Mill. The heritage-listed house built by the plantation owners, Fairymead House, has been relocated to the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens. Fairymead Provisional School opened on 20 July 1893. On 1 January 1909 it became Fairymead State School. It closed in 1983. It was located at the eastern end of Colvins Road. Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Fairymead,_Queensland

One more interesting photo from SLQ, about riding to school. Heart warming. www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/R9657/index.html

In the 1850s a pair of settlers, John and Gavin Stewart, obtained forested land near what would become Bundaberg to supply timber to the pastoral industry that had recently been established in the region. A town was surveyed in 1868 on the south bank of the Burnett and was given the name Bundaberg, for the local Aboriginal Australians, the Bunda. It became a municipality in 1880, a town in 1881, and a city in 1913. Bundaberg developed into a centre for large sugar plantations established in the 1870s. It has sugar mills, refineries, and rum distilleries. Other industries include dairying, sawmilling, shipbuilding, and the manufacture of farm machinery. Sugar, golden syrup (treacle), and timber are exported. In December 2010 Bundaberg was flooded by heavy rains that caused the Burnett to rise to its highest level in decades, submerging the city’s eastern district; flood damage also caused the port to be closed for more than two months. Pop. (2006) local government area, 45,802; (2011) statistical local area, 47,946; local government area, 89,810. Source: www.britannica.com/place/Bundaberg