Gayndah

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Gayndah is on the Burnett River and the Burnett Highway passes through the town. Apart from the town in the western part of the locality, the land is used for cropping and grazing. The Mungar Junction to Monto Branch railway line once passed through the town, but it has since been closed and now lies abandoned.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=12 October 2015}}

Duchess Mountain is immediately to the south-west of the town ({{coord|25|38|00|S|151|36|47|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Duchess Mountain}}) and at {{convert|190|m}} provides excellent views over the town ({{convert|100|m}} above sea level).{{cite QPN|10653|Duchess Mountain|access-date=13 October 2015}}

Gayndah is {{convert|366|km|mi}} north of the state capital, Brisbane, and {{convert|145|km|mi}} west of the regional city of Maryborough.

Agriculture and grazing have been the dominant industries of the area. The town is the centre of Queensland's largest citrus-growing area.

The name Gayndah is of Aboriginal origin but the derivative is unclear. It may derive either from Gu-in-dah (or Gi-un-dah), meaning thunder, or from Ngainta meaning place of scrub.Reed, A. W. (1973). Place Names of Australia, p. 102. Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed. {{ISBN|0-589-07115-7}} Alternatively it may be derived from Waka language kunda meaning range or ridge, or ga-een-ta meaning bushy land. Wakka Wakka (Waka Waka, Wocca Wocca, Wakawaka) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Burnett River catchment. The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Gayndah, Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Eidsvold and Mundubbera.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/?embed=true|title=Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map|access-date=6 June 2020}}

The well-known "Wetheron" property, 12 miles from Gayndah, was taken up by William Humphrey in 1845, and from him it passed to the Hons. Berkeley Basil and Seymour Moreton, sons of the Earl of Ducie. When the foundations of Gayndah were being laid there were only a few squatters on the Burnett River, and these were nearly all educated men of good families with command of money and the confidence of the banks and financial institutions.

Exploration of the Gayndah area began in 1847 by explorer Thomas Archer and Surveyor James Charles Burnett (1815–1854).Don Dignan, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burnett-james-charles-3117/text4635 'Burnett, James Charles (1815–1854)'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216043545/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burnett-james-charles-3117/text4635 |date=16 February 2015 }}, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 25 September 2014 The first European settlers arrived in 1848, and the town was established in the following year. A post office was established at Gayndah in 1850.New South Wales Government Gazette, 19 January 1850, cited by Frew, Joan (1981). Queensland Post Offices 1842–1980 and Receiving Offices 1869–1927, p. 277. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: published by the author, {{ISBN|0-9593973-0-2}}. This suggests that Gayndah may be the oldest officially gazetted town in Queensland, although the Moreton Bay penal colony of 47 people was established at Redcliffe on Moreton Bay in 1824 but relocated in 1825 to a site on the Brisbane River (now Brisbane's central business district).

Brisbane's population by 1856 was only an estimated 3,840. Gayndah and Ipswich were regional towns of similar size and competed with Brisbane to become the capital of Queensland when it became a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859. The main impetus to the growth of Brisbane and the development of a distinctive city centre came through the introduction of self-government, hand-in-hand with immigration and general economic expansion. By 1868 Brisbane was the largest town in Queensland with a population of 15,240.Marsden, Susan; Urban Heritage; the rise and post-war development of Australia's capital city centres, Australian Council of National Trusts and Australian Heritage Commission, Ausdoc on Demand, Fyshwick ACT, 2000, p22

Gayndah was a centre of early sheep properties in southern Queensland (then NSW) and where many Chinese men travelled via Amoy and then Marybourough to work as shepherds. As early as 1851 it was declared that: "Almost every station in the two districts of Wide Bay and Burnett is supplied with Chinese or Coolie labourers, ..." The same writer also acknowledged that their "wages are so small they have nothing to lay out."The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 1851, p.3. However as their indentured where for five years only once free to seek employment at more equitable rates many of these men remained in the area and often applied for naturalisation as British subjects to allow them to take up land. These included men such a Thomas Ashney who among other things was a Guyndah hotelkeeper.{{cite web | url=https://studentsatthearchives.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/thomas-ashney-of-gayndah-a-personal-story/ | title=Thomas Ashney of Gayndah: A Personal Story | date=13 August 2013 }}

This is a population that was added to by the arrival of people from the more southern Cantonese Pearl River Delta area so that by the late 1860s in a discussion about Police Magistrates in the Queensland Legislative Assembly it was declared that: "There was a large Chinese population settled

at Gayndah, and they were bound to protect those people ...".The Brisbane Courier, 15 January 1868, p.3.

In 1857, Tom White came to Gayndah and started the newspaper, The Burnett Argus in April 1861.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150315242|title=New Journal|date=2 May 1861|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|access-date=26 September 2014|via=National Library of Australia|location=Qld.|page=2|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826021427/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150315242|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last1=Morrison|first1=Allan Arthur|date=1952|title=Some aspects of Queensland provincial journalism|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:212993/s18378366_1952_4_5_702.pdf|journal=Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland|location=Brisbane|publisher=Royal Historical Society of Queensland|volume=4|issue=5|pages=702–708|issn=1837-8366|access-date=25 September 2014}}

Gayndah State School opened on 12 October 1863.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

In 1870, the first Catholic church opened in Gayndah. In 1912 Father Patrick Brady decided a new church was needed. On 18 April 1915 Archbishop James Duhig blessed and opened the new church before a crowd of 800 people. The new church was built at 46 Meson Street ({{Coord|-25.6232|151.6061|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church}}) on the south bank of the Burnett River and was {{Convert|60 by 32|ft||abbr=}} with walls {{Convert|15|ft||abbr=}} high and constructed of ferro-concrete with asbestos roof tiles. The architects were R. Cook & Sons and it was built by contractor H.G. Millar. The total cost of the building and furnishings was about £1500.{{cite news|date=19 April 1915|title=NEW CHURCH OPENED.|page=10|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,864|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20005491|access-date=1 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826021455/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20005491|url-status=live}}

The railway was opened to Gayndah on 16 December 1907. Historian Matt J Fox spoke of Gayndah in 1923: "The Gazette now represents the Press in Gayndah, which is a very prosperous town of nearly a thousand people, the centre of a thriving district of farmers and fruit-growers and squatters, with a rural population of over 4,000 people".Fox, Matt J. (Matt Joseph), History of Queensland, its people and industries,...; States Publishing Company, Brisbane, Qld; 1919-1923, p824

In 1872, the town was the location where the hoax fish Ompax spatuloides was supposedly procured.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68143359 |title=A Mythical Fish. |newspaper=The Advocate |location=Burnie, Tas. |date=17 January 1934 |access-date=19 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826021431/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68143359 |url-status=live }}

Gayndah North State School opened on 14 February 1918. It closed on 24 August 1931.

Gayndah Aboriginal Provisional School opened on 8 August 1918. It became Gayndah Aboriginal State School in 1942. It closed in 1949.

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On 8 September 1919 the Gayndah War Memorial was dedicated by the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett, Bernard Corser.{{cite web|title=Gayndah War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91451-gayndah-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=5 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407125105/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91451-gayndah-war-memorial|url-status=live}}

St Joseph's Catholic School opened on 6 October 1919.

During World War II, Gayndah was the location of RAAF No.8 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 29 August 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000).{{Citation|author1=Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section|title=Logistics units|publication-date=1995|publisher=AGPS Press|isbn=978-0-644-42798-2}}

Gayndah State High School opened on 29 January 1963. On 3 March 2006 it became Burnett State College.

The foundation stone of the Gayndah Methodist Church was laid on 28 October 1967 by Reverend Ivan Wells Alcorn. With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Gayndah Uniting Church.{{Cite web|title=Gayndah Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/all-towns/directory/2110-gayndah-uniting-church-|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003080425/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/all-towns/directory/2110-gayndah-uniting-church-}} It is now known as Central Burnett Uniting Church.

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In 1969 the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart at Byrnestown was moved to Gayndah to serve as the church hall for St Joseph's Catholic Church. To reduce the risk of future cyclone damage, the roof was lowered by reducing the height of the walls and reducing the pitch of the roof.{{Cite web|title=Byrnestown St Peter's Catholic Church c 1914 – Opposite 8 Fielding St, Gayndah, QLD|url=https://poi-australia.com.au/points-of-interest/australia/queensland-1/gayndah/byrnestown-st-peters-catholic-church-c-1914-opposite-8-fielding-st-gayndah-qld/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701093038/https://poi-australia.com.au/points-of-interest/australia/queensland-1/gayndah/byrnestown-st-peters-catholic-church-c-1914-opposite-8-fielding-st-gayndah-qld/|archive-date=1 July 2020|access-date=1 July 2020|website=POI Australia}}

The Mango Tree is a 1977 Australian drama film based on the novel The Mango Tree by Ronald McKie and directed by Kevin Dobson and starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Sir Robert Helpmann.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076359/|title=The Mango Tree (1977)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=22 August 2016|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307014355/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076359/|url-status=live}} Filming took place in the town of Gayndah, Mount Perry and Cordalba as well as Bundaberg. The shoot went for seven weeks starting April and ending in June.Pike, Andrew and Cooper, Ross; Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p320 The streets of Gayndah were closed for filming and a street-scape was created to emulate the 19th century period of the screenplay. Gayndah was chosen because much of its early, country town architecture was intact and reflected the period effectively. Lead actor Christopher Pate is the son of actor Michael Pate who also produced the film.Wikipedia: The Mango Tree

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Gayndah had a population of 1,745 people.{{Census 2006 AUS |id=UCL322000 |name=Gayndah (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=25 October 2007 |quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,789 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30638|name=Gayndah|accessdate=12 October 2015|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31118|name=Gayndah (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31106|name=Gayndah (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Gayndah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Gayndah Bridge Remnants, off Bridge Street{{Cite web|url=https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|title=North Burnett Local Heritage Register|publisher=North Burnett Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816031644/https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2019}}
• Gayndah War Memorial (also known as Rawbelle Shire War Memorial), Capper Street{{cite QHR|15292|Gayndah War Memorial|600517|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Gayndah Court House, 20 Capper Street{{cite QHR|16057|Court House, Gayndah|601294|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Mellors Drapery and Haberdashery (also known as Overells, 28 Capper Stree){{cite QHR|16233|Mellors Drapery and Haberdashery|601470|access-date=12 July 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|title=North Burnett Local Heritage Register|publisher=North Burnett Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816031644/https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2019}}
• Gayndah Shire Hall (also known as Gayndah Soldiers' Memorial Hall), 32–34 Capper Street{{cite QHR|16860|Gayndah Shire Hall|602124|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Gayndah Racecourse,Fisher Avenue{{cite QHR|19635|Gayndah Racecourse|602514|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Gayndah District Hospital Complex, corner of Gordon & Pineapple Streets
• Gayndah State School, 33 Meson Street{{cite QHR|15291|Gayndah State School|600516|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• St Joseph's Catholic Convent and Church Grounds, 38 Meson Street
• Gayndah Cemetery, Meyer, Porter & Downing Street
• Gayndah Railway Station Goods Shed and Crane, National, Elliot and Cordelia Streets
• Brick Cottage (now Gayndah Museum), 8 Simon Street{{cite QHR|17004|Brick Cottage|602185|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Zig Zag Road, Wall Road

File:GayndahCourtHouse.JPG|Court house

File:GayndahTownHall.JPG|Town hall

Gayndah experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cfal), with hot, humid summers and mild, dry, brief winters with cool nights.{{Cite web |title=Gayndah climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Gayndah weather averages – Climate-Data.org |url=https://en.climate-data.org/oceania/australia/queensland/gayndah-24867/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=en.climate-data.org |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519082015/https://en.climate-data.org/oceania/australia/queensland/gayndah-24867/ |url-status=live }}

{{Weather box

|location = Gayndah (25º37'48"S, 152º36'36"E, 106 m AMSL) (1879-2012 normals, extremes 1893-2009)

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|Jan record high C = 44.6

|Feb record high C = 41.7

|Mar record high C = 40.7

|Apr record high C = 39.1

|May record high C = 33.3

|Jun record high C = 31.7

|Jul record high C = 30.1

|Aug record high C = 33.9

|Sep record high C = 39.4

|Oct record high C = 41.8

|Nov record high C = 42.8

|Dec record high C = 44.8

|Jan high C = 32.8

|Feb high C = 32.0

|Mar high C = 30.9

|Apr high C = 28.6

|May high C = 25.2

|Jun high C = 22.4

|Jul high C = 21.9

|Aug high C = 23.8

|Sep high C = 26.9

|Oct high C = 29.6

|Nov high C = 31.5

|Dec high C = 32.8

|Jan low C = 20.1

|Feb low C = 19.9

|Mar low C = 18.1

|Apr low C = 14.3

|May low C = 10.3

|Jun low C = 7.5

|Jul low C = 5.9

|Aug low C = 6.8

|Sep low C = 10.2

|Oct low C = 14.1

|Nov low C = 17.0

|Dec low C = 19.1

|Jan record low C = 11.7

|Feb record low C = 10.0

|Mar record low C = 6.1

|Apr record low C = 1.1

|May record low C = -1.1

|Jun record low C = -3.9

|Jul record low C = -6.0

|Aug record low C = -4.9

|Sep record low C = -2.8

|Oct record low C = 1.0

|Nov record low C = 6.0

|Dec record low C = 8.3

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|Jan precipitation mm = 112.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 105.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 73.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 37.7

|May precipitation mm = 41.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 40.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 38.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 28.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 34.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 65.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 79.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 103.7

|year precipitation mm = 760.7

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.9

|Feb precipitation days = 5.6

|Mar precipitation days = 4.6

|Apr precipitation days = 3.0

|May precipitation days = 3.0

|Jun precipitation days = 2.8

|Jul precipitation days = 2.9

|Aug precipitation days = 2.4

|Sep precipitation days = 2.7

|Oct precipitation days = 4.2

|Nov precipitation days = 4.9

|Dec precipitation days = 5.7

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|Feb afthumidity = 51

|Mar afthumidity = 50

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|May afthumidity = 48

|Jun afthumidity = 48

|Jul afthumidity = 45

|Aug afthumidity = 40

|Sep afthumidity = 38

|Oct afthumidity = 40

|Nov afthumidity = 41

|Dec afthumidity = 44

|Jan dew point C = 18.1

|Feb dew point C = 18.5

|Mar dew point C = 17.2

|Apr dew point C = 14.3

|May dew point C = 11.4

|Jun dew point C = 9.2

|Jul dew point C = 7.5

|Aug dew point C = 7.3

|Sep dew point C = 9.1

|Oct dew point C = 12.1

|Nov dew point C = 14.5

|Dec dew point C = 16.7

|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1879-2012 normals, extremes 1893-2009){{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_039039_All.shtml

|title = Gayndah Post Office Climate Statistics (1879-2012)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 9, 2024}}

}}

The North Burnett Regional Council operates Gayndah Library on Capper Street.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/north_burnett/gayndah_library|title=Gayndah Library|date=14 February 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140619/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/north_burnett/gayndah_library|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/?id=34|title=Gayndah Library Webpage|publisher=Gayndah Library|access-date=16 June 2011|archive-date=22 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422194811/http://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/?id=34|url-status=live}} The library offers publicly accessible Wi-Fi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=14 February 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live}}

The former St Joseph's Convent in Meson Street was in 2011 converted into an arts and cultural centre, The Gayndah Arts & Cultural Centre which also houses the Gaynah Art Gallery.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The Gayndah branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 5 Pineapple Street. The branch was founded in 1923 making it one of the longest operating branches.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}

Central Burnett Uniting Church (also known as Gayndah Uniting Church) is at 41 Meson Street ({{Coord|-25.6239|151.6052|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Central Burnett Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-25.6235834,151.6054663,3a,15y,212.27h,93.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-ETooYz9DscEqRIBzQDU0g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=3 October 2021|title=Central Burnett Uniting Church}} It is part of the Mary Burnett Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.{{Cite web|title=Welcome|url=https://centralburnettuc.org.au/|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Central Burnett Uniting Church|language=en-AU|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920085740/https://centralburnettuc.org.au/|url-status=live}}

Gayndah Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 6 Dalgangal Road (corner of Bridge Street, {{Coord|-25.6198|151.6103|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gayndah Wesleyan Methodist Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Gayndah Wesleyan Methodist Church|url=https://gayndahwesleyan.org.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Gayndah Wesleyan Methodist Church|language=en-AU|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824214331/https://gayndahwesleyan.org.au/}}{{Cite web|title=Gayndah|url=https://wesleyan.org.au/churches/gayndah/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824214327/https://wesleyan.org.au/churches/gayndah/}} It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.{{Cite web|title=South Queensland|url=https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821020136/https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|archive-date=21 August 2021|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia|language=en-AU}}

Claude Wharton Weir is owned and managed by Sunwater. North Burnett Regional Council own and manage the boat ramps, facilities and recreation areas. Public access is permitted in designated areas only.{{Cite web |title=Upper Burnett Weirs & Barrages |url=https://www.sunwater.com.au/weirs-and-barrages/upper-burnett/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=SunWater |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029093247/https://www.sunwater.com.au/weirs-and-barrages/upper-burnett/ |url-status=live }} Facilities include two boat ramps, picnic shelters, barbecues, public toilets and parking. Camping is prohibited at Claude Wharton Weir.{{Cite web |author-link=North Burnett Region |title=Water Sports and Recreation |url=https://northburnett.qld.gov.au/water-sports-and-recreation/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=North Burnett Regional Council |language=en-AU |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009025846/https://northburnett.qld.gov.au/water-sports-and-recreation/ |url-status=live }} The weir is stocked by the Gayndah Anglers and Fish Stocking Association Inc.{{Cite web |last=Queensland Government |first=Fish stocked dams and weirs search |author-link=Queensland Government |date=10 December 2020 |title=Claude Wharton Weir |url=https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/rsa/sips-dams-and-weirs/profile |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=daf.qld.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009035254/https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/rsa/sips-dams-and-weirs/profile |url-status=live }}

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Gayndah State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 33 Meson Street ({{coord|-25.6238|151.6059|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gayndah State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gayndahss.eq.edu.au|title=Gayndah State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326201135/https://gayndahss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 145 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (7 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}

St Joseph's School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 38 Meson Street ({{coord|-25.6233|151.6054|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.stjosephsgayndah.qld.edu.au|title=St Joseph's School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307203402/http://www.stjosephsgayndah.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 86 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).

Burnett State College is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 65 Pineapple Street ({{coord|-25.6318|151.6063|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burnett State College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.burnettsc.eq.edu.au|title=Burnett State College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816044943/https://burnettsc.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 249 students with 26 teachers (25 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).

The town's information centre is located inside a man-made orange, known as The Big Orange.{{cite web|url=https://www.queensland.com/tw/zh/things-to-do/attractions/p-56b264e1aeeeaaf773cf7cf9-gayndahs-big-orange|title=Gaynah's Big Orange|author=|website=Queensland|publisher=Tourism and Events Queensland|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725024026/https://www.queensland.com/tw/zh/things-to-do/attractions/p-56b264e1aeeeaaf773cf7cf9-gayndahs-big-orange|url-status=live}}

The Gayndah Orange Festival is held every two years to celebrate this industry.{{cite news|last=Treacy|first=Alex|date=7 May 2019|title=Orange Festival fan recalls event's history|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-and-north-burnett/orange-festival-fan-recalls-events-history/news-story/96ffecf6f833a286294192627bfdb47e|url-access=subscription|work=Central and North Burnett Times|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725025523/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-and-north-burnett/orange-festival-fan-recalls-events-history/news-story/96ffecf6f833a286294192627bfdb47e|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Cormack|first=Holly|date=29 June 2021|title=Thousands flock to Gayndah for three days of family fun at 2021 Orange Festival|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/south-burnett/community/thousands-flock-to-gayndah-for-three-days-of-family-fun-at-2021-orange-festival/news-story/29e61327af0ef2eb7f00d584af0d6ec9|url-access=subscription|work=South Burnett Times|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826021531/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=rx108zq&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DCMWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.couriermail.com.au%252Fnews%252Fqueensland%252Fsouth-burnett%252Fcommunity%252Fthousands-flock-to-gayndah-for-three-days-of-family-fun-at-2021-orange-festival%252Fnews-story%252F29e61327af0ef2eb7f00d584af0d6ec9%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium&upid=dd9kam9&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}

• Jessica Anderson, who won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 1978 and 1980, was born in Gayndah.
• Jacob Moerland, the 12th Australian casualty of Operation Slipper, was from Gayndah.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-28/gayndah-army-children/100329258 Queensland school children holding guns a sign of 'special' relationship with Australian Army] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728101502/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-28/gayndah-army-children/100329258 |date=28 July 2021 }}, ABC News Online, 2021-07-28
• John Plath, rugby league player, was born in Gayndah.

Gayndah has one sister city, signed in 1989, according to Sister Cities Australia Inc. (SCA).{{Cite web |date=August 2021 |title=2021 DIRECTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SISTER CITY AFFILIATION |url=https://www.sistercitiesaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aust_SCA_Affiliations.pdf |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Sister Cities Australia Inc. |page=18 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012140733/https://www.sistercitiesaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aust_SCA_Affiliations.pdf |url-status=live }}

• {{flagicon|Belgium}} Zonhoven, Belgium

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/gayndah|title=Gayndah|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-gayndah-sh1-1973.jpg Town map (sheet 1, 1973)]
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-gayndah-sh2-1980.jpg Town map (sheet 2, 1980)]

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