Ban Ban Springs
{{Short description|Place in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Ban Ban Springs
| state = qld
| image = BanBanSpringsMural.JPG
| coordinates = {{coord|-25.6761|151.8205|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Ban Ban Springs (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 31
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4625
| area = 20.4
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 26.7
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Gayndah
| dist2 = 130
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Gympie
| dist3 = 131
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Bundaberg
| dist4 = 305
| dir4 = NNW
| location4 = Brisbane
| elevation = 130-310
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| lga = North Burnett Region
| stategov = Callide
| fedgov = Flynn
| near-n = Ban Ban
| near-ne = Ban Ban
| near-e = Ban Ban
| near-se = Ban Ban
| near-s = Ban Ban
| near-sw = Ban Ban
| near-w = Ban Ban
| near-nw = Ban Ban
}}Ban Ban Springs is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45313|Ban Ban Springs|locality in North Burnett Region|accessdate=30 March 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Ban Ban Springs had a population of 31 people.
Geography
The locality of Ban Ban Springs is an enclave, surrounded by the larger locality of Ban Ban. Barambah Creek forms part of the southern boundary of the locality.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Ban+Ban+QLD+4625/@-25.6982398,151.7350676,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6beacc8be31a88d1:0x400eef17f20eca0!8m2!3d-25.6982745!4d151.8223804?hl=en|title=Ban Ban|accessdate=29 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
The Burnett Highway enters the locality from the west and exits to the south. The Isis Highway enters the locality from the east and terminates at its junction with the Burnett Highway in the south of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
On the southern side of the highway junction are the springs from which the community gets its name, being rare springs from which waters flow into the nearby Barambah Creek.[http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/pdf/banbansprings.pdf Map of Ban Ban Springs Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605013910/http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/pdf/banbansprings.pdf |date=5 June 2009 }}, retrieved 25 February 2009
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
History
The name Ban Ban Springs finds its source in the name originally used by H. Herbert when, in 1846, he first leased the pastoral run encompassing the springs. It is reported Herbert borrowed the words "Ban Ban" (meaning grass) from the local Wakka Wakka and/or Kabi Kabi languages.
Ban Ban Springs State School opened in August 1916.{{cite news |date=20 July 1916 |title=NEW STATE SCHOOLS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177968948 |accessdate=2 January 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=13,622}} It closed on 24 January 1965.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was on the south-western side of the Burnett Highway ({{Coord|-25.68363|151.81644|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ban Ban Springs State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1944 |title=Gayndah |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-gayndah-emergency-ed-1944/original |access-date=2 January 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224033653/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-gayndah-emergency-ed-1944/original |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m115 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-1964/original |access-date=2 January 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=1 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101234838/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-1964/original |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
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Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Ban Ban Springs had a population of 7 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30140|name=Ban Ban Springs (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Ban Ban Springs had a population of 31 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30140|name=Ban Ban Springs (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Ban Ban Springs. The nearest government primary school is Coalstoun Lakes State School in Coalstoun Lakes to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Burnett State College in Gayndah to the west.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
Aboriginal cultural heritage
The natural springs were the first Queensland Aboriginal cultural heritage to be recognised on the register of
The Wakka Wakka peoples believe that the springs are significant to the Dreaming. This was confirmed by a Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines study advised by the Wakka Wakka Jinda.{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/soe-online/SOWEB300.jsp?IndicatorId=116|website=Queensland Environmental Protection Agency|date=2006|title=South-East Queensland Indigenous Cultural Heritage 'State of the Environment' Indicator Report|access-date=25 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608235510/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/soe-online/SOWEB300.jsp?IndicatorId=116|archive-date=8 June 2011|url-status=dead}} The springs were entered on to the State's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage register for the following reasons:{{cite journal|url=http://www.conlog.com.au/aelert/2007%20Presentations/Wilkinson,%20David.pdf|last=Wilkinson|first=David |date=2007|title=Department of Natural Resources and Water Regional Compliance Team: Protecting Queensland's Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage" Presentation to the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network Conference – 2007|access-date=26 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008085158/http://www.conlog.com.au/aelert/2007%20Presentations/Wilkinson,%20David.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2009|url-status=dead}}
"Ban Ban [Springs] is a sacred site and has a Dreamtime association with the Rainbow Serpent which is believed to have surfaced there. It spoke to the elders of the tribe telling them the secrets of the sacred waters and how to use it. The Rainbow Serpent also told of talks he had had with the seven sisters and of the wonders he had seen while making the pathways for the sacred water to flow in this area. (This legend is retold on a mural erected at the site by elders Mavis Hawkins, Dennis and Daniel Cobbo of the Wakka Wakka tribe and their people.)"
"It is the birth place of many elders of the Wakka Wakka people with elders of this group living in the town of Gayndah."
"Ban Ban Springs is unique in Indigenous Heritage. It is sacred in men's Business and women's Business for separate and combined reasons."
"Throughout time this area has been guarded by the Rainbow Serpent."
File:Ban ban springs.JPGUnfortunately, in September 2006 the Shire of Gayndah, concerned about noxious weeds (including Chinese elm) and improving visitors' experience of the area, sought to re-vegetate and beautify the place (e.g., planting out up to 30 or more bottlebrushes) by engaging contractors to promptly clear the existing vegetation from in and around the springs, with the following effect:
"Cultural Heritage Destroyed: They've exposed the plant life to the summer heat, moved the rocks around, driven through the springs's pond ... They've bulldozed what Gayndah's Wakka Wakka [people] know as their cultural heritage..."
By 8 May 2007 the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water had issued summons under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld), threatening prosecution and effectively initiating discussions between the local council and the Wakka Wakka people to somehow rehabilitate the springs, better manage the Aboriginal cultural heritage area, and settle the whole matter by agreement. One year later, the council for the new North Burnett Region expressed formal regret for the harm done and agreed to discuss with the Wakka Wakka.{{cite web|url=http://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/res/file/minutes/nbrc_general_meeting_minutes_200508.pdf|publisher=North Burnett Regional Council|title=Minutes of General Meeting, 20 May 2008|access-date=26 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915083642/http://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/res/file/minutes/nbrc_general_meeting_minutes_200508.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2009|url-status=dead}}
The springs are usually dry, but local bore irrigation has also reduced the available water.{{cite news|url=https://m.qt.com.au/news/ban-ban-springs-turned-off/2835308/|title=LETTERS: Why was Ban Ban Springs allowed to be pumped?|date=10 November 2015|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101223355/https://m.qt.com.au/news/ban-ban-springs-turned-off/2835308/|archive-date=1 November 2017|url-status=live}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090605013910/http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/pdf/banbansprings.pdf Map of Ban Ban Springs Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Area], retrieved 25 February 2009
{{Commons category|Ban Ban Springs, Queensland}}
{{North Burnett Region}}
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Category:1999 establishments in Australia
Category:Populated places established in 1999