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Rubyanna is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]

Rubyanna
Queensland
Rubyanna
Coordinates24.8250°S 152.3877°E / -24.8250; 152.3877 (Rubyanna (centre of locality))
Population244 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density11.19/km2 (28.99/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4670
Area21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Burnett
Federal division(s)Hinkler
Suburbs around Rubyanna:
Fairymead Burnett Heads Burnett Heads
Gooburrum Rubyanna Qunaba
Kalkie Ashfield Windermere

History


The name Rubyanna comes from the sugarcane plantation of surveyor John Charlton Thompson, whose plantation was supposedly named for his wife.[2][3]

Rubyanna Provisional School opened circa 1899 and closed on 1905.[4]

In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]


Amenities


Bundaberg Bible Church is at 400 Bargara Road (24.8429°S 152.4079°E / -24.8429; 152.4079 (Bundaberg Bible Church)).[5][6]


References


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rubyanna (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Rubyanna – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44765)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "Old Memories Revived". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser. No. 3709. Queensland, Australia. 20 February 1909. p. 3. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Bundaberg Bible Church". Bundaberg Bible Church. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. "Bundaberg Bible Chapel". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.


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