Wetheron, Queensland


Wetheron is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Wetheron had a population of 46 people.

Geography

The Mungar Junction to Monto Branch Railway passes through Wetheron. The town was served by the Wetheron railway station

History

Wetheron State School opened on 24 January 1916. It closed on 31 December 1963.
In November 1925, the Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane provided a loan of £150 to establish a church in Wetheron. Mrs Helen Gray donated a quarter-acre of land and a parish hall was erected by George James Bellert. The hall was officially opened on 5 May 1926. St John's Anglican Church was dedicated on 11 December 1927 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It is now closed.
Sefton Provisional School opened on 1925 and closed on 1926.
In the, Wetheron had a population of 46 people.

Education

There are no schools in Wetheron. The nearest primary schools are Gayndah State School in neighbouring Gayndah to the south-west and Coalstoun Lakes State School in Coalstoun Lakes to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Burnett State College in Gayndah.