Traveston

Traveston is predominantly farm land with a small urban area to the west of the Traveston railway station ({{coord|-26.3199|152.7829|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Traveston railway station}}){{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}} on the North Coast railway line which passes through the north-eastern part of the locality from the south-east to the north-west. The Bruce Highway passes through the south-western part of the locality travelling from the south-west to the north-west. Traveston Road connects the highway to the railway station and then follows the railway line to the south-east to neighbouring Cooran.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=|access-date=21 March 2021}}

Green Ridge is a neighbourhood in the locality ({{coord|-26.3333|152.7333|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Green Ridge}}).{{cite QPN|14751|Green Ridge|locality unbounded in Gympie Regional|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

Dairying is the main industry.{{cite web|title=Traveston|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/traveston|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|accessdate=27 September 2015}}

The town is believed to be named after an early settler/grazier called Traves or Travers who was in the area in the 1860s.{{cite news|date=10 October 1931|title=EARLY HISTORY.|page=19|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=22,995|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21729898|accessdate=21 March 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321064113/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21729898|url-status=live}}

Traveston Provisional School opened on 24 August 1891.{{cite news |date=22 June 1892 |title=DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3543819 |accessdate=4 July 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLIX |issue=10,745}} In 1907, it was renamed Skyring's Creek Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Skyring's Creek State School. In 1915, it was renamed Coles Creek State School. It closed on 27 February 1961.{{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}} Its location was in neighbouring Coles Creek to the south.

Traveston Siding Provisional School opened on 4 August 1896. On 1 January 1909, it became Traveston Siding State school. The school was impacted by the opening of Tandur State School, losing 20 students to the new school.{{cite news |date=25 September 1924 |title=NORTH COAST |page=14 |newspaper=Daily Mail |issue=7045 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219454359 |accessdate=22 November 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1929, it was renamed Traveston State School. It closed on 9 June 1967. The school was on the Traveston Road immediately south of the junction with the Tandur Traveston Road (approx {{Coord|-26.3213|152.7735|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Traveston State School (former)}}).

Green Ridge State School opened on 22 April 1912 and closed in August 1960. The school was on the south-eastern corner of the Old Bruce Highway and the Old Traveston Road (approx {{Coord|-26.3299|152.7309|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Green Ridge State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1942|title=Cooroy|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-cooroy-1942.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228083419/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-cooroy-1942.jpg}}{{Cite web|date=1955|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m76|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m76-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321064111/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m76-admin-bdy-1955.jpg}}

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On 23 February 2022, freight train Y279, operated by Aurizon derailed at approximately 3:30am due to flash flooding during that 2022 eastern Australia floods that had resulted in a track washout at the 149.020 km point just south of Traveston.{{cite web |title=Derailment involving freight train Y279, near Traveston, Queensland, on 23 February 2022 |url=https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2022/rair/ro-2022-003 |publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Traveston had a population of 470 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31668|name=Traveston|accessdate=26 September 2015|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Traveston had a population of 480 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32898|name=Traveston (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Traveston had a population of 509 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32869|name=Traveston (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Traveston railway station, Alford Street{{Cite web|title=Traveston Railway Station|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.01.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001523/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.01.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
• Traveston Homestead, 1813 Bruce Highway{{Cite web|title=Traveston Homestead|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.11.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001523/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.11.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
• Traveston Powder Magazine (incorporated in Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall), 7 Traveston Road ({{coord|-26.3217|152.7831|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Traverston Powder Magazine / Memorial Hall}}){{cite QHR|20277|Traveston Powder Magazine (former) (incorporated in Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall)|602783|accessdate=8 July 2013}}{{Cite web|title=Traveston Public Hall|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.137.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117003121/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.137.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}

There are no schools in Traveston. The nearest government primary schools are Cooran State School in neighbouring Cooran to the east and Dagun State School in Dagun to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Noosa District State High School (which has its junior campus in Pomona and its senior campus in Cooroy, both to the south-east) and Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north-west.

Dingo Creek Winery and Vineyard is at 265 Tandur Traveston Road. There are tours and tastings available.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-21|title=Dingo Creek Vineyard - Jazz & Blues Festival Winery, Qld|url=https://www.sunshinecoastpoint.com.au/attractions/dingo-creek-vineyard/|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Sunshine Coast Point|language=en-US|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321064141/https://www.sunshinecoastpoint.com.au/attractions/dingo-creek-vineyard/|url-status=live}}

The Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival is an annual event since 2002 at the Dingo Creek Winery. It raises money for community charities as well as for Sudden infant death syndrome.

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