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Gin Gin, Queensland

Coordinates: 24°59′27″S 151°57′21″E / 24.9908°S 151.9558°E / -24.9908; 151.9558
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Gin Gin
Queensland
Bruce Highway passing through Gin Gin
Gin Gin is located in Queensland
Gin Gin
Gin Gin
Coordinates24°59′27″S 151°57′21″E / 24.9908°S 151.9558°E / -24.9908; 151.9558
Population1,053 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density31.06/km2 (80.45/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4671
Area33.9 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Flynn
Localities around Gin Gin:
Monduran Damascus Mardoondan
Moolboolaman Gin Gin McIlwraith
Tirroan Redhill Farms McIlwraith

Gin Gin is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Gin Gin had a population of 1,053 people.[1]

Geography

Gin Gin is located on the Bruce Highway, approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi) west of Bundaberg and 370 kilometres (230 mi) north-west of Brisbane, the state capital. The town owes its existence to its strategic location about halfway between Brisbane and Rockhampton. It is often used as a stop-over point for drivers travelling between these two centres.

Bundaberg Gin Gin Road (State Route 3) runs east from the Bruce Highway.[4]

History

Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry.[5]

The town name Gin Gin has sometimes been said to derive from a local Aboriginal word indicating "red soil thick scrub".[2][3]

British occupation of the region began in 1848 when Gregory Blaxland Jnr (son of the explorer Gregory Blaxland) together with William Forster brought their flocks of sheep up from their squatting leases on the Clarence River. The pastoral run they selected extended all the way to the coast and they called it Tirroan. The modern town of Gin Gin is located close to where the original homestead was constructed.[6] Strong resistance from the local Aboriginal people was encountered resulting in the death of several shepherds and the killing of Blaxland in August 1850. Two large massacres of Aboriginals were conducted by local squatters and their stockmen as punitive measures to these deaths.[7]

About 1851, Arthur and Alfred Henry Brown bought Tirroan from William Forster and renamed the run Gin Gin. The Brown Brothers previously owned a pastoral property called Gin Gin in Western Australia.[8]

The run was later purchased by Sir Thomas McIlwraith, who was Premier of Queensland three times between 1879 and 1893.[6]

The Gin Gin district is nicknamed Wild Scotsman Country due to the capture of one of Queensland's few bushrangers, James Alpin McPherson, in the area on 30 March 1866. McPherson, who went by the same nickname, was captured at Monduran Station, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of town.

Gin Gin Post Office opened on 15 March 1875.[9]

The town was first surveyed in 1880.[2]

Gin Gin Provisional School opened on 26 June 1882. On 3 November 1890 it became Gin Gin State School with 8 students under teacher Arthur William Moore. In 1956, the school expanded to offer secondary schooling, until a separate Gin Gin State High School was established on 1 February 1972. Gin Gin State Pre-School opened on 25 October 1977 and closed in 2006 when it was absorbed into Gin Gin State School.[10][11][12][13][14]

In 1887, 22,000 acres (8,900 ha) of land were resumed from the Gin Gin pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887.[15]

The Gin Gin Library opened in 1992.[16]

Population

At the 2006 census, Gin Gin had a population of 892.[17]

In the 2011 census, Gin Gin had a population of 1,190 people.[18]

In the 2016 census, Gin Gin had a population of 1,053 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Gin Gin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Gin Gin, like Bundaberg, is heavily dependent on the sugar industry, with sugarcane plantations dotted throughout the area. An extensive system of sugar cane tramways service the area.[20] Cattle production also features prominently. In recent years small cropping has taken off across farms in the district, with varied success.

Education

Gin Gin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 13 May Street (24°59′33″S 151°57′18″E / 24.9924°S 151.9551°E / -24.9924; 151.9551 (Gin Gin State School)).[21][22] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 290 students with 21 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).[23] It includes a special education program.[21]

Gin Gin State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 30 High School Road (24°59′26″S 151°58′08″E / 24.9906°S 151.9689°E / -24.9906; 151.9689 (Gin Gin State High School)).[21][24] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 450 students with 45 teachers (43 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent).[23] It includes a special education As well as the students from Gin Gin itself, many students travel, mainly by bus, from surrounding properties and townships like Wallaville, Bullyard, Tirroan, McIlwraith, Maroondan and Mount Perry.

Amenities

The Bundaberg Regional Council operates a public library at 4 Dear Street.[25]

The Gin Gin branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Kenmore Library at the Gin Gin Community Activity Centre in Station Street.[26]

Events

The Wild Scotsman Festival used to be held in Gin Gin on the third week of March each year to commemorate the capture of the bushranger James MacPherson.[27] The Wild Scotsman Markets are held next to the historical Grounds each Saturday morning.

Gin Gin is the eighteenth town mentioned in the original (Australian) version of the song "I've Been Everywhere".

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Gin Gin had a population of 1,190 people.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gin Gin (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c "Gin Gin – town in Bundaberg Region (entry 13801)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Gin Gin – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44721)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Gin Gin, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Gureng Gureng". State Library of Queensland. 21 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "GIN GIN STATION". The Courier-mail. No. 128. Queensland, Australia. 24 January 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 16 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Laurie, Arthur. "Early Gin Gin and the Blaxland Tragedy" (PDF). University of Queensland Library. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ^ Laurie, Arthur (1 January 1952), Early Gin Gin and the Blaxland tragedy, Royal Historical Society of Queensland, retrieved 23 February 2020
  9. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Agency ID 5238, Gin Gin State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Agency ID 4901, Gin Gin State High School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Agency ID 52, Gin Gin State Pre-School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  14. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  15. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Trove.
  16. ^ "Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  17. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gin Gin (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  18. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Gin Gin (Qld) (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  19. ^ "Gin Gin Railway Station and Complex (entry 601651)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  20. ^ Armstrong, J. (March 1975). "The Gin Gin Central Mill Tramway". Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin: 53–69.
  21. ^ a b c "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  22. ^ "Gin Gin State School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  23. ^ a b "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Gin Gin State High School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  25. ^ "Locations & Hours". Bundaberg Regional Council. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  26. ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  27. ^ "Gin Gin". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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