19-580: Gin Gin may refer to: Gin Gin, Queensland , a town in the Bundaberg Region, Australia Gin Gin, New South Wales See also [ edit ] Gingin, Western Australia Shire of Gingin , Western Australia RAAF Gingin , Western Australia, a military airfield [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
38-773: A Magistrate for New South Wales on 30 August 1858. On Thursday 15 July 1858 Alfred Brown, Esq. appeared in Sydney before The Select Committee on the Murders by the Aborigines on the Dawson River. This Committee was appointed as a reaction to the Hornet Bank massacre and subsequent events. Brown was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 26 April 1861 and resigned his seat on
57-1011: A public library at 4 Dear Street. The Gin Gin branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Kenmore Library at the Gin Gin Community Activity Centre in Station Street. There are a number of churches in Gin Gin: Gin Gin General and Lawn Cemetery is at 31 Tirroan Road ( 24°59′50″S 151°56′53″E / 24.9973°S 151.9480°E / -24.9973; 151.9480 ( Gin Gin General and Lawn Cemetery ) ). The Wild Scotsman Festival used to be held in Gin Gin on
76-675: A separate Gin Gin State High School was established on 1 February 1972. Gin Gin State Pre-School opened on 25 October 1977 and closed in 2006 when it was absorbed into Gin Gin State School. In 1887, 8,900 ha of land were resumed from the Gin Gin pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. The Gin Gin Library opened in 1992. At
95-551: Is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,139 people. Gin Gin is located on the Bruce Highway , approximately 51 km west of Bundaberg and 370 km north-west of Brisbane , the state capital. The town owes its existence to its strategic location about halfway between Brisbane and Rockhampton . It
114-712: Is often used as a stop-over point for drivers travelling between these two centres. Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road ( State Route 3 ) runs east from the Bruce Highway, and Gin Gin–Mount Perry–Monto Road runs west from the highway. Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes
133-467: The 2006 census , Gin Gin had a population of 892. In the 2011 census , Gin Gin had a population of 1,190 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,053 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,139 people. Gin Gin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Gin Gin, like Bundaberg, is heavily dependent on the sugar industry, with sugarcane plantations dotted throughout
152-660: The Clarence River . The pastoral run they selected extended all the way to the coast and they called it Tirroan . The modern town of Gin Gin is located close to where the original homestead was constructed. The local Aboriginal people murdered Blaxland in August 1850 and two shepherd boys the year previously. Two large massacres of Aboriginal people were conducted by local squatters and their stockmen as punitive measures to these deaths. About 1851, Arthur and Alfred Henry Brown bought Tirroan from William Forster and renamed
171-676: The 13 May 1863. He was once again appointed on 12 January 1874 and served till he resigned on 26 January 1882. On 26 June 1861 the Honorable Alfred Henry Brown, M.L.C., appeared before The Select Committee on the Native Police Force in Queensland . He made it clear that he did not support the Native Police, and in particular the officers of the Native Police. In 1879 he was appointed on
190-756: The Queensland Legislative Council . Brown was born in Brislington , Somersetshire , England bef Sept 1818 to John Brown and his wife Mary (née Cater). He and three brothers, Dr. Walter Brown, Henry Hort Brown and Arthur Brown, migrated to Queensland around 1839 under medical advice due to pulmonary disease. Together they invested all of their capital in purchasing Gin Gin station, Junction station in Wide Bay district, taking up yet another station in Port Curtis. Brown managed
209-475: The area. An extensive system of sugar cane tramways service the area. Cattle production also features prominently. In recent years small cropping has taken off across farms in the district, with varied success. Gin Gin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 13 May Street ( 24°59′33″S 151°57′18″E / 24.9924°S 151.9551°E / -24.9924; 151.9551 ( Gin Gin State School ) ). In 2017,
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#1732798364807228-565: The run Gin Gin . The Brown Brothers previously owned a pastoral property called Gin Gin in Western Australia . The run was later purchased by Sir Thomas McIlwraith , who was Premier of Queensland three times between 1879 and 1893. The Gin Gin district is nicknamed Wild Scotsman Country due to the capture of one of Queensland's few bushrangers , James Alpin McPherson , in the area on 30 March 1866. McPherson, who went by
247-494: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gin_Gin&oldid=914946997 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gin Gin, Queensland Download coordinates as: Gin Gin
266-547: The same nickname, was captured at Monduran Station , 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of town. Gin Gin Post Office opened on 15 March 1875. The town was first surveyed in 1880. Gin Gin Provisional School opened on 26 June 1882. On 3 November 1890, it became Gin Gin State School with 8 students under teacher Arthur William Moore. In 1956, the school expanded to offer secondary schooling, until
285-517: The school had an enrolment of 290 students with 21 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). In 2023, the school had an enrolment of 252 students. It includes a special education program. Gin Gin State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 30 High School Road ( 24°59′26″S 151°58′08″E / 24.9906°S 151.9689°E / -24.9906; 151.9689 ( Gin Gin State High School ) ). In 2017,
304-588: The school had an enrolment of 450 students with 45 teachers (43 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 464 students with 43 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. As well as the students from Gin Gin itself, many students travel, mainly by bus, from surrounding properties and townships like Wallaville , Bullyard , Tirroan , McIlwraith , Maroondan and Mount Perry . The Bundaberg Regional Council operates
323-578: The station and gained a reputation with his nearby pastoralists and became known as the "British Lion of the Burnett". Altogether the brothers ending up as leaseholders of hundreds of square miles of the best cattle country on the north coast of Australia, including Barolin Station, Fairymeade Station and Kolan Station, as well as the sugar plantation at Antigua . The Governor General of New South Wales appointed Alfred Henry Brown of Port Curtis to be
342-423: The third week of March each year to commemorate the capture of the bushranger James MacPherson. The Wild Scotsman Markets are held next to the historical Grounds each Saturday morning. Gin Gin is the eighteenth town mentioned in the original ( Australian ) version of the song " I've Been Everywhere ". Alfred Henry Brown Alfred Henry Brown (1818 – 20 February 1907) was a Station owner and Member of
361-553: The towns of Bundaberg , Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers , inland to Monto and Mt Perry . The town name Gin Gin may have derived from a local Aboriginal word, possibly from the Kabi "kwin kwin", or "chin chin" (a scrub), or "gwin gwin" (red soil). European settlement of the region began in 1848 when Gregory Blaxland Jnr (son of the explorer Gregory Blaxland ) together with William Forster brought their flocks of sheep up from their squatting leases on
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