Windera, Queensland

Windera is a town in the Burnett Region">Electoral district of Burnett">Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Windera had a population of 105 people.

Geography

Windera was the terminus of the Windera railway line, a branch line from the Murgon-to-Proston railway line. Both lines are now closed.

Land in Windera was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available.
Windera Creek Provisional School opened on 13 May 1920, later becoming Windera Creek State School. In the late 1930s or early 1940s it was renamed Windera State School.
The town was originally shown on a 1924 survey plan as Kantara with the railway station named Jelanga, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 March 1924. However, on 2 August 1924, the station was renamed Windera after a pastoral run operated from 1849 by pastoralist Paul Lawless. The town name changed to match the railway station.
On Saturday 28 March 1925, a long Windera railway line from Barlil to Windera was officially opened by Alfred James Jones, the Minister for Mines and formerly the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett.
The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity was dedicated on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. Its closure on 3 June 2005 was approved by Assistant Bishop Rob Nolan.

In the, the locality of Windera had a population of 93 people.
In the, the locality of Windera had a population of 105 people.

Windera State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 2588 Gayndah Murgon Road.
In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff.
There are no secondary schools in Windera. The nearest government secondary schools are Proston State School in Proston to the south-west and Murgon State High School in Murgon to the south-east.