Wyandra, Queensland


Wyandra is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the, Wyandra had a population of 99 people.

Geography

The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway also passes from north to south through the locality to the east and roughly parallel with the river. The town is in roughly the centre of the locality just to the east of the river and west of the highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and north of Cunnamulla.

History

The town was originally named Claverton in July 1896, after the Claverton Downs pastoral run on the Warrego River, which was established about 1860. However, it was renamed Wyandra later in 1896.
The town grew with the completion of the Western railway line from Charleville in 1897 and quickly became a centre for local grazing properties.
The Wyandra Provisional School opened on 10 February 1898 and became Wyandra State School on 1 January 1909.
In February 1921, the citizens of Wyandra erected a war memorial on the corner of Macks and Warrego Streets in honour of those residents of the district who served in the military during World War I. The memorial has a digger statue and lists the names of the 23 who enlisted and commemorates the three who died.
A powerhouse was established in 1955 with generators that came from Cunnamulla. Wyandra was connected to the state electricity grid in 1970. The obsolete powerhouse was later converted into a museum.
At the had a population of 116.

Facilities

operates Wyandra Library at Macks Street.
Wyandra has the Powerhouse Museum. The Wyandra hall has a park behind the hall and public toilets in front of the hall. There is a free caravan park behind school.

Education

Wyandra State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at Moody Street. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 4 students with 1 teacher and 2 non-teaching staff.
There is no secondary school in Wyandra; the nearest secondary schools are in Charleville and Cunnamulla.