Gunalda


Gunalda is a town in the Gympie Region and a locality split between Gympie Region and Fraser Coast Region in Queensland, Australia. In the, Gunalda had a population of 392 people.

Geography

The town is from the state capital, Brisbane.
Eaton Post Office opened on 1 September 1882 and was renamed Gunalda in 1883.

History

Thompson's Flat Provisional School opened on 8 August 1881. In 1889 the school was renamed Gunalda Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Gunalda State School.
The town was originally called Keelar but after the railway station was named Gunalda on 2 November 1923, the town was renamed Gunalda.
At the 2006 census, Gunalda and the surrounding area had a population of 574.