Eumundi, Queensland

Eumundi is a small village in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The village is located about 115 kilometers north of Brisbane and 9 kilometers north of Nambour. He can be reached via the Bruce Highway.

History

The name of the town goes back to Ngumundi or Huomundy, a warrior of the local Aborigines, who adopted an escaped convict in 1831.

In the 1850s, has been grown in the area of Eumundi cattle. The first road through the area was built in 1867 when the gold rush of Gympie began. In the 1880s the village was settled around 1900, there were shops, crafts and roads. When in 1891 the railway line from Yandina was completed after Cooroy, the place name was given by the railway company with Eumundi. By the railway connecting the town developed into a regional center of the wood and dairy farming. 1900 settled the first sawmill was in operation until 1938. 1908 a town hall was built in 1911, a hotel and a Methodist church and an Anglican church in 1912. 1912 Art School was opened. The churches and the building of the School of Art are now a protected monument. In 1922 another sawmill in the place. The one -processed hard, the other soft wood. Due to the timber industry, the area was cleared, emerged on the pasture and the dairy industry continues to entwicklelte. In the 1920s, a butter factory was built in Eumundi and nearby Nambour.

In the 1960s, many specializing in dairy and banana cultivation farms were unprofitable. The property was taken over by people who sought the tranquility of the countryside, so that new residents came to the area.

Today

Eumundi has a railway station, a hotel and the Eumundi Historical Museum, which opened in 1996 in the building of the former Methodist Church. The listed butter factory burned down in 2005.

Every Saturday there is a market in which products of the region and also arts and crafts products are offered. Furthermore, there is a market every Wednesday morning. The market attracts many visitors and tourists.

Eumundi is also home to a small brewery and a winery.

Personalities of the local

• Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia and a two-time foreign minister, lived for several years as a student on a farm near the town
• Patrick Rafter, tennis players