Munbura, Queensland
Munbura is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Munbura had a population of 89 people.
Geography
Alligator Creek forms the eastern boundary, and Bells Creek the northern and western. Sarina Homebush Road follows the south-western boundary.The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the east and exits to the north-west. The locality was served by the now-abandoned Munbura railway station.
The land use is predominantly growing sugarcane. There are a number of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.
History
The locality takes its name from the Munbura railway station which was named on 30 October 1913 by J. Strachan, the Mackay railway traffic manager in the Queensland Railways Department. It is an Aboriginal word meaning poplar gum.Munbura State School opened on 16 August 1920. It closed in December 1971. It was on the eastern side of Boyds Road, south of the railway station.
Demographics
In the, Munbura had a population of 115 people.In the, Munbura had a population of 89 people.