Rubyanna
Queensland
Rubyanna is located in Queensland
Rubyanna
Rubyanna
Coordinates24°49′30″S 152°23′16″E / 24.8250°S 152.3877°E / -24.8250; 152.3877 (Rubyanna (centre of locality))
Population244 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density11.19/km2 (28.99/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4670
Area21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Burnett
Federal division(s)Hinkler
Suburbs around Rubyanna:
Fairymead Burnett Heads Burnett Heads
Gooburrum Rubyanna Qunaba
Kalkie Ashfield Windermere

Rubyanna is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]

Geography

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.[3]

History

The name Rubyanna comes from the sugarcane plantation of surveyor John Charlton Thompson, whose plantation was supposedly named for his wife.[2][4]

Rubyanna Provisional School opened circa 1899 and closed on 1905.[5]

In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]

Amenities

Bundaberg Bible Church is at 400 Bargara Road (24°50′34″S 152°24′28″E / 24.8429°S 152.4079°E / -24.8429; 152.4079 (Bundaberg Bible Church)).[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rubyanna (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Rubyanna – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44765)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ Google (3 November 2023). "Rubyanna, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Old Memories Revived". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser. No. 3709. Queensland, Australia. 20 February 1909. p. 3. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "Bundaberg Bible Church". Bundaberg Bible Church. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Bundaberg Bible Chapel". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

Media related to Rubyanna, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons


Towns, suburbs and localities in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland
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