Mundubbera
Mundubbera is a small town of about 1,000 inhabitants on the banks of the Burnett River in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located 405 km north-west of Brisbane and 207 kilometers south-west of Bundaberg on the Burnett Highway. The city is located in the administrative area ( LGA) North Burnett region.
Mundubbera refers to himself as the citrus capital of Queensland, although this title is also claimed by the neighboring town of Gayndah for themselves.
History
Mundubbera means in the language of the aborigines either steps in the forest or meeting place of the water. The last meaning refers to the confluence of Burnett, Auburn and Boyne River near the city.
The first Europeans arrived in the late 1840s in this area. The surveying and planning of the city on the south bank of the Burnett River took place in 1863. However, it took almost 60 years to develop a significant number of people in the city settled. Mainly German, English and Dutch came to the second city planning in 1911, this time on the north bank of the river after Mundubbera. One reason for the late settlement was that the overgrown with thick bushes and tall trees area was very difficult to make arable. A railway was followed by 1914.
In the neighboring Gayndah citrus fruits have been grown since 1892, but not until Henry Zipf, a dairy farmer, planted in 1933 as first here a citrus plantation and laid the foundation for Mundubbera, as one of the main exporters of citrus. Most mandarins that are exported from Australia come from this region. The last drought in 2006 and the aftermath of the citrus canker epidemic, a bacterial infection attacks the citrus trees in Emerald this industry have sustained harm.
During the floods in Queensland in 2011 Mundubbera was severely affected, the Burnett River reached 18.25 meters, its highest level since 1942. Numerous houses were flooded and had to be evacuated. The city was cut off for several days while from the outside world.
Industry
Industry in Mundubbera is based solely on agriculture and forestry, where the cattle and predominate in the irrigated areas, fruit growing. Here especially citrus fruits, mangoes, avocados and stone fruits. In addition, Mundubbera is the largest producer of grapes in Queensland.
During harvest time, the population of the city doubled Search through numerous migrant workers and backpackers here in the plantation work.
With the large-scale state-owned forests in this area there are also timber industry, with a sawmill right in town.
Attractions
- In nearby Auburn River National Park you can watch the Australian lungfish ( Neoceratodus forsteri ). A rare living fossil, found only in the Burnett and Mary River. Other popular activities in the park are hiking and climbing.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Wayne Goss (born 1958 ), former Prime Minister of Queensland
- Judy Watson, ( born 1959 ), an Australian sculptor
- Stuart Tinney (born 1964 ), an eventer
- Martin Love ( born 1974 ), a Cricketer