Mondure

The town takes its name from the Mondrure pastoral run taken up in 1844 by Richard Jones, which used a Waka language word, mondhur meaning small ant.

Land was open for selection on 17 April 1877; {{Convert|68|mi2||abbr=}} were available in Mondure and {{Convert|56|mi2||abbr=}} in Mondure back run.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=19 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}

Circa 1900s, 78 farming blocks in the Mondure Estate were advertised to be sold. The map advertisement states that the blocks were 6 miles from Wondai railway station and 4 miles from Murgon railway station.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=The Mondure Estate 78 rich agricultural and dairying farms |type=Map |date=c. 1900 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/282123}}

Mondure North Provisional School opened in January 1905. On 1 Jan 1909, it became Mondure North State School. It closed in October 1922.{{cite book |title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|version=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

On Saturday 11 March 1911, 120 town lots were auctioned in the Township of Mondure.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189175084 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette |volume=XLIV |issue=5638 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 February 1911 |access-date=16 September 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430025500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189175084 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=11 February 1911 |title=Advertising |page=9 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,564 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19680117 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}

On Sunday 19 May 1912, St Johann's Lutheran Church (also known as St John's) was officially opened by Pastor Otto Thiele in the presence of 250 people. It was {{Convert|30 by 24|ft}}, made of hardwood, and cost £140.{{cite news |date=25 May 1912 |title=RELIGIOUS |page=16 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,963 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19737282 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=1 June 1912 |title=No Title |volume= |page=2 |newspaper=The Nanango News |issue=646 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article266385665 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1964, it was relocated to become the church hall for St John-Trinity Lutheran Church in Wondai.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St John's Lutheran Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=3963 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database}}

Redeemer Lutheran Church was built from timber in 1916. It was extended in 1941. It was subsequently closed and converted into a house. It is at 411 Mondure Marshlands Rd ({{coord|-26.180463|151.7739|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Redeemer Lutheran Church (former)}}).{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Redeemer Lutheran Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=5285 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database}}{{Cite web |title=Mondure Church - Former |url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/unknown/directory/2590-mondure-church-former |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Churches Australia}}

On 23 February 1917, the Queensland Railways Department decided to call the town's railway station Kooblinga but this was changed on 11 January 1918 to be Mondure at the request of the Mondure Branch of the Queensland Farmers Union.

St Faith's Anglican Church was dedicated on Monday 12 October 1912 by Archbishop of Brisbane St Clair Donaldson.{{cite news |date=18 October 1912 |title=NORTH MONDURE |volume= |page=2 |newspaper=The Nanango News |issue=666 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article266387471 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Year Book|url=https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915033326/https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2020|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane|page=132|volume=2}} It was a timber church which could seat 100 people. It was built from timber.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Faith's Anglican Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=3962 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database}}

A Methodist Church, later Uniting Church was removed to Mondure from Leafdale and functioned for approximately 60 years before being sold to become a private residence.{{Cn|date=December 2022}}

Mondure Township State School opened on 24 January 1921. In 1938 it was renamed Mondure State School. It closed on 31 December 1998.{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was at 741 Kawl Kawl Road ({{Coord|-26.1809|151.7692|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mondure State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Parish of Mondure |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-mondure-1979.jpg |access-date=30 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430025446/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-mondure-1979.jpg |url-status=live }} It was converted into a private residence.{{Cite web |title=741 Kawl Kawl Road, Mondure, Qld 4611 |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-acreage+semi-rural-qld-mondure-110555025 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=Realestate.com.au}}

In June 1928, Mondure had a butcher shop, general store (Mondure Stores Company), post office and telephone exchange, Refreshments room, Railway Station and associated depots and a large sale yards belonging to Bacon & Co. Kingaroy.{{Cite news |date=1928-06-09 |title=MONDURE. |work=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150987916?searchTerm=mondure%20township |access-date=2022-12-23}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Mondure had a population of 100 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31896|name=Mondure (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Mondure had a population of 102 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31880|name=Mondure (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Mondure. The nearest primary school (Prep-6) is Wheatlands State School in Wheatlands to the east. The nearest secondary schooling is available at Wondai State School (to Year 9) in Wondai to the south, Proston State School (to Year 10) in Proston to the west, and Murgon State High School (to Year 12) in Murgon to the south-east.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 April 2022}}

St Faith's Anglican Church is at 741 Kawl Kawl Road ({{Coord|-26.1809|151.7691|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St Faith's Anglican Church}}).{{Cite web|title=St Faith's Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/2591-st-faithand#39;s-anglican-church|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=30 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430025456/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/2591-st-faithand#39;s-anglican-church|url-status=live}}

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