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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rubyanna, Queensland

Rubyanna is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rubyanna had a population of 257 people.

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.

History

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

Rubyanna Provisional School opened circa 1899 and closed on 1905.

Demographics

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

In the 2021 census, Rubyanna had a population of 257 people.

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)).

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rubyanna (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Rubyanna – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44765)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Rubyanna, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. 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. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rubyanna (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ "Bundaberg Bible Church". Bundaberg Bible Church. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Bundaberg Bible Chapel". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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