Dugandan, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Dugandan (pronounced Doog-an-dan) is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Teviot Brook forms part of the western boundary before flowing through to the north.

[2][3] Originally the name was used for a large pastoral run established in 1884, covering a much larger area than the current locality from Boonah to Mount Joyce.

[6] In January 1861, a native police detachment led by Lieutenant Frederick Walker was dispatched to Dugandan Scrub, to the south of the present town, to "disperse" the local aboriginals who were camped in the area.

[11][12] By 1887, a sawmill was already established in Dugandan under the combined partnership of Josias Hancock and James Cossart.

[14] Cossart's Mill became one of the major employers in the region and contributed significantly to the prosperity of Boonah and Dugandan into the twentieth century.

In 1882, the Primitive Methodist Church congregation had grown too large to continue to use the Provisional School.

[17] Thomas Hardcastle donated 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land for a church on Old Mount Alford Road near the former Dugandan Bridge.

[21] In 1892 concerns about flooding led to fundraising to relocate the church to the southern end of High Street in Boonah (now the location of the manse).[when?

View over Dugandan, hotel is centre right, 2020
Town of Dugandan, circa 1907
Dugandan railway station, circa 1930
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2008
Trinity Lutheran cemetery, 2007