Rubyanna, Queensland

The Bundaberg-Bargara Road runs through the southern tip from west to east, and the Bundaberg-Port Road runs along the eastern and northern boundaries.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rubyanna+QLD+4670/@-24.8224096,152.3649573,13z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6bebbf6c1b05a219:0x500eef17f210cc0!8m2!3d-24.8094608!4d152.3988445!16s%2Fg%2F11gf960h4f?entry=ttu |title=Rubyanna, Queensland |access-date=3 November 2023}}

The name Rubyanna comes from the sugarcane plantation of surveyor John Charlton Thompson, whose plantation was supposedly named for his wife,{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215732930|title=Old Memories Revived.|date=20 February 1909|newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser|access-date=29 December 2017|issue=3709|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042943/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215732930|url-status=live}} but this claim has been questioned as his wife's name was Hannah Elizabeth (née Breeze).{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Janette Gay |date=February 1977 |title=A history of Bundaberg, 1840-1920: A thesis submitted to the History Department of the University of Queensland for the degree of Master of Arts |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_185026/THE3927_e1.pdf |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=University of Queensland |page=65}}{{Cite web |title=Death registration: Hannah Elizabeth Thompson |url=https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/5f8db385ee5a00996145d1090603f9c3137d65ecb1d09fa04aa56c4cdae36198 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Family history research |publisher=Queensland Government}}

Rubyanna Provisional School opened circa 1899. In 1904, the school was commended by the school inspector for its "effective discipline, sound progress, and satisfactory general condition".{{cite news |date=4 July 1904 |title=REPORT OF MR. RADCLIFFE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53014443 |accessdate=6 October 2024 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LXV |issue=12,037}} It closed on 1905.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }} It was on the Rubyanna sugar plantation (approx {{Coord|-24.81790|152.38896|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Rubyanna Provisional School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1902 |title=County of Cook |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-cook-1902/original |access-date=6 October 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{Cite web |date=1913 |title=County of Cook part |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-cook-part-1913/original |access-date=6 October 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32511|name=Rubyanna (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Rubyanna had a population of 257 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32488|name=Rubyanna (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Rubyanna. The nearest government primary schools are:{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}

• Kalkie State School in neighbouring Kalkie to the south-west
• Bargara State School in Mon Repos to the east
• Burnett Heads State School in neighbouring Burnett Heads to the north
• Bundaberg East State School in Bundaberg East to the south-west

The nearest government secondary school is Kepnock State High School in Kepnock to the south.

Bundaberg Bible Church is at 400 Bargara Road ({{Coord|-24.8429|152.4079|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bundaberg Bible Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Bundaberg Bible Church|url=https://biblechurch.org.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-01|website=Bundaberg Bible Church|language=en-AU|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307235008/https://biblechurch.org.au/}}{{Cite web|title=Bundaberg Bible Chapel|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/3511-bundaberg-bible-chapel|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-01|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042942/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/3511-bundaberg-bible-chapel}}

There is a boat ramp at Four Knots Point, off Strathdees Road on the south bank of Burnett River ({{coord|-24.7972|152.3839|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Four Knots Point, Strathdees Road boat ramp}}). It is managed by the Bundaberg Regional Council.{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122210008/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c |archive-date=22 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

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