Mount Bindango, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Mount Bindango
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-26.505|148.4802|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mount Bindango (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 26
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4455
| area = 321.2
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 23.1
| dir1 = W
| location1 = Roma
| dist2 = 374
| dir2 = WNW
| location2 = Toowoomba
| dist3 = 500
| dir3 = WNW
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Maranoa Region
| stategov = Warrego
| fedgov = Maranoa
| near-n = Orallo
| near-ne = Bungeworgorai
| near-e = Bungeworgorai
| near-se = Hodgson
| near-s = Mount Abundance
| near-sw = Muckadilla
| near-w = Eurella
| near-nw = Walhallow
|elevation=340-570}}
Mount Bindango is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|47438|Mount Bindango|locality in Maranoa Region|accessdate=2 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Bindango had a population of 26 people.
Geography
The Warrego Highway forms the southern boundary of the locality, entering the locality from Hodgson/Mount Abundance to the east and exiting to Muckadilla in the south-west. The Western railway line runs parallel and immediately north of the highway.
Brinsop was a neighbourhood ({{coord|-26.5833|148.4666|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Brinsop}}) that developed around the now-abandoned Brinsop railway station ({{Coord|-26.5889|148.4724|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Brinsop railway station (former)}}) on the Western railway line in the south-west of the locality.{{cite QPN|4553|Brinsop|locality unbounded in Maranoa Regional|accessdate=2 December 2020}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=2 December 2020}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1927|title=Mount Abundance Wheat and Sheep Lands|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-govt-land-sales-mount-abundance-wheat-and-sheep-lands-1927.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202045754/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-govt-land-sales-mount-abundance-wheat-and-sheep-lands-1927.jpg|archive-date=2 December 2020|access-date=2 December 2020|website=|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}} The abandoned Bindango railway station was also on the Western railway line ({{Coord|-26.5825|148.5447|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Bindango railway station (former)}}) on the southern boundary of the locality.{{Cite QPN|2658|Bindango|railway station in the Maranoa Region|access-date=2 December 2020}}{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
Ona Ona was a neighbourhood ({{coord|-26.5333|148.5833|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Ona Ona}}). that developed around the Ona Ona railway station on the now-closed Injune railway line.{{cite QPN|39303|Ona Ona|locality unbounded in Maranoa Regional|accessdate=2 December 2020}}
There are two named peaks, close together in the north-west of the locality:
- Mount Bindango ({{coord|-26.44|148.3963|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Bindango}} ) {{Convert|570|m||abbr=}} above sea level{{cite QPN|2660|Mount Bindango|mountain in Maranoa Regional|accessdate=2 December 2020}}
- Mount Bindyego ({{coord|-26.4455|148.3625|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Bindyego}} ) {{Convert|540|m||abbr=}} above sea level{{cite QPN|2671|Mount Bindyego|mountain in Maranoa Regional|accessdate=2 December 2020}}
The land use is agricultural, mostly grazing on native vegetation, and there are a number of homesteads in the locality:
- Bindango ({{coord|-26.5443|148.5487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bindango}}){{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Homesteads - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- Coonong ({{coord|-26.5481|148.3879|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Coonong}})
- Glen Alva ({{coord|-26.5048|148.4530|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Glen Alva}})
- Goldsborough ({{coord|-26.5303|148.5835|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=house}}){{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building areas - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|archive-date=23 October 2020|access-date=17 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- Keele Downs ({{coord|-26.5031|148.3907|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Keele Downs}} )
- Myrong ({{coord|-26.4562|148.4852|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Myrong}} )
- Norolle ({{coord|-26.5373|148.4827|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Norolle}} )
- North Bindango ({{coord|-26.4561|148.4299|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=North Bindango}} )
History
The locality takes its name from the mountain, which was named on 11 May 1846 by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, Thomas Mitchell, based on the name given to him by Aboriginal informants. Mount Bindyego was also named by Mitchell on the same day based on the name provided by Aboriginal informants.
The name Brinsop comes from the village of Brinsop in Herefordshire, England,{{cite news|date=28 March 1914|title=SKETCHER.|page=8|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=2454|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25505199|accessdate=2 December 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202054051/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25505199|url-status=live}} which possibly means brown valley (brun/hop).
The name Ona Ona was assigned on 29 April 1915 by the Queensland Railways Department, an Aboriginal phrase, meaning boxtree flat.
At about 5.30 a.m. on Friday 6 November 1987, Cunnamulla-bound Westlander train 3V02 was derailed at the nearby Bindango railway siding between Hodgson and Muckadilla, approximately {{Convert|25|km||abbr=}} west of Roma. An infant was burnt to death in the resulting fire. Investigations revealed that the points had been deliberately changed from the main railway line to divert the train into the siding. The police offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to the person responsible.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=September 2018|title=Derailment of the Westlander train: $50,000 Reward|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-09/westlander.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202034008/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-09/westlander.pdf|archive-date=2 December 2020|access-date=2 December 2020|website=Queensland Police}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mount Bindango had a population of 33 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31959|name=Mount Bindango (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Bindango had a population of 26 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31941|name=Mount Bindango (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Mount Bindango. Roma State College in Roma to the east is the nearest primary and secondary school.