Dumgree, Queensland

Dumgree is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.

Geography

The Dawson Highway enters the locality from the north-east and exits to the west.
The Moura railway line enters the locality from the east and exits to the north-west. The locality is served by two railway stations:

Mount Rainbow railway in the east of the locality
Dumgree railway station in the west of the locality

There are a number of protected areas within the locality :

Don River State Forest in the north of the locality, extending into neighbouring Ulogie to the north
Calliope Range State Forest in the east of the locality
Callide Timber Reserve in the south-west of the locality

Dumgree has the following mountains :

Mount Eugenie,
Mount Gerard,
Rocky Point Mountain,
Mount Buckland,
Blackfellow Mountain,
Specimen Hill,
Bottle Tree Mountain,
Mount Fane,

Apart from the protected areas, the land use in the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. There is mining for coal and oil shale in the south-west of the locality, some of which takes place within the Callide Timber Reserve.

History

John Saunders Bell selected a pastoral run of in 1856. He called it Dumgree after the place in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, where he attended school.

Demographics

In the, Dumgree had a population of 55 people.
In the, Dumgree had a population of 63 people.

Education

There are no schools in Dumgree. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Murchison State School in neighbouring Mount Murchison to the south-west and Wowan State School in Wowan to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela to the south-west. Students living in the north-west of Dumgree might be too distant from these schools for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding schools.