Builyan, Queensland

The name Builyan is an Aboriginal word, meaning stone curlew.

The Builyan Cemetery (formerly the Many Peaks Cemetery) is on the Gladstone Regional Council's Local Heritage Register.{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Builyan Cemetery}} An area of 4 acres at Many Peaks was proclaimed a cemetery reserve in 1910.{{Cite news |date=25 November 1910 |title=PUBLIC RESERVES. |page=7 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,497 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19655586 |accessdate=29 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Builyan State School opened on 4 December 1922.{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=18 April 2019}}

Builyan Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1912) and closed on 13 August 1993.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014}}{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – QUESTIONS ON NOTICE : Postal Services|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansards/1996-06-17/0129%22;src1=sm1|access-date=2022-02-02|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}

Builyan Hall was opened in August 1950, built from local timbers with a dance floor of spotted gum. A ceremony at the hall attended by 500-600 people switched on mains electricity to the town on 30 October 1954.{{Cite news |date=12 August 1950 |title=GLADSTONE NEWS |page=8 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=27,805 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56953573 |accessdate=10 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite news |date=1 November 1954 |title=Light switched on at Builyan |pages=4 |work=Rockhampton Morning Bulletin}}

The former Gladstone to Monto railway runs through the centre of Builyan.

File:Builyan State School, 2023.jpg

Builyan State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Gladstone Road ({{coord|-24.5293|151.3854|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Builyan State School}}).{{Cite web|url=https://www.builyanss.eq.edu.au|title=Builyan State School|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326154541/http://www.builyanss.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). In 2020 the student enrolment was 7 students.{{Cite web|title=Builyan State School 2020 Annual Report|url=https://builyanss.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2020.pdf}} In 2023 the enrolment increased to 10 students. {{Cite web |date=2013-06-03 |title=Annual reports |url=https://builyanss.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/forms-and-documents/annual-reports |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Builyan State School |language=en}}

There are no secondary schools in the Boyne Valley. The nearest is Miriam Vale State School which offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For Years 11 and 12, the nearest schools are Gladstone State High School, Rosedale State School and Monto State High School.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=1 January 2019}}

The Dawes Range Tunnel section of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail was opened on 11 September 2021. The {{Convert|26.28|km|adj=on}} section starts at Barrimoon Siding, Kalpowar and finishes at Builyan, Boyne Valley.{{Cite web |last=McLachlan |first=Mark |date=2022-08-20 |title=Interactive Maps, Dawes Range Section, BBIRT |url=https://www.boyneburnettinlandrailtrail.org.au/blog/interactive-maps-dawes-range-section-bbirt/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail}} This section contains 6 tunnels between Barrimoon Siding and Golembil Siding, and they are Local Heritage listed.{{Cite web |last=McLachlan |first=Mark |date=2018-06-19 |title=Railway Tunnels, Dawes Range between Golembil and Barrimoon sidings |url=https://www.boyneburnettinlandrailtrail.org.au/blog/railway-tunnels-dawes-range-between-golimbal-and-barimoon-sidings/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail Blog}}{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |script-title= |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Many Peaks / Barrimoon Railway Tunnels}} Tunnel Six is the only place 100 year old rail and hogback sleepers are preserved on any of the disused rail corridors in the state. Hogback sleepers have a round top. They are hand hewn from the hard dense iron bark trees growing adjacent to the track.{{Cite web |last=McLachlan |first=Mark |date=2018-07-17 |title=Is preserving rail and hogbacks in the Boyne Burnett Tunnels and bridges along the corridor important? |url=https://www.boyneburnettinlandrailtrail.org.au/blog/preserving-rail-and-hogbacks/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail Blog}} The trail also passes the historic township of Many Peaks with its Local Heritage listed attractions – the Many Peaks Railway Complex,{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Many Peaks Railway Complex}} and Many Peaks Road Bridge.{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Many Peaks Road Bridge}} The Rail Trail is currently open as far as the Railway siding at Builyan in the Boyne Valley with Free camp area, fresh water and public ammenities.

While not on the rail trail, the Heritage listed Many Peaks Railway Dam is accessed by getting on to the (very low traffic) bitumen road at Many Peaks and riding back less than a kilometre. There is a new shelter shed, history information signage, toilet block and elevated lookout over the old weir. There is no drinking water available.{{Cite web |last=Trail Guide |title=Trail – Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail |url=https://www.railtrails.org.au/trails/boyne-burnett-inland-rail-trail/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Rail Trails Australia}}{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Many Peaks Railway Dam}}{{Weather box

| location = Builyan, Gum Street 1977-2015

| source = Bureau of Meteorology

| single line = Average Rainfall

| Jan precipitation mm = 119.5

| Feb precipitation mm = 93.0

| Mar precipitation mm = 69.9

| Apr precipitation mm = 32.5

| May precipitation mm = 35.7

| Jun precipitation mm = 25.2

| Jul precipitation mm = 21.7

| Aug precipitation mm = 29.0

| Sep precipitation mm = 16.6

| Oct precipitation mm = 47.2

| Nov precipitation mm = 72.1

| Dec precipitation mm = 96.6

| year precipitation mm = 879.1

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• Kroombit Tops National Park
• Monto
• Gladstone
• Calliope
• Lake Awoonga
• Beautiful Betsy
• Cania Gorge National Park

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• [http://www.boynevalley.org.au The Boyne Valley, Queensland, Australia]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045027/http://www.boynevalley.org.au/images/maps/boynevalley.pdf Map of The Boyne Valley]
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/gladstone-localities University of Queensland: Queensland Places : Gladstone Localities]
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-builyan-1980.jpg Town map of Builyan, 1980]

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