Mondure

Mondure is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The town takes its name from the Mondrure pastoral run taken up in 1844 by Richard Jones, which used a Waka language word, mondhur meaning small ant.

[4] Circa 1900s, 78 farming blocks in the Mondure Estate were advertised to be sold.

[6] On Saturday 11 March 1911, 120 town lots were auctioned in the Township of Mondure.

[12][13] On 23 February 1917, the Queensland Railways Department decided to call the town's railway station Kooblinga but this was changed on 11 January 1918 to be Mondure at the request of the Mondure Branch of the Queensland Farmers Union.

[citation needed] Mondure Township State School opened on 24 January 1921.

[20] In June 1928, Mondure had a butcher shop, general store (Mondure Stores Company), post office and telephone exchange, Refreshments room, Railway Station and associated depots and a large sale yards belonging to Bacon & Co.