Download coordinates as: Monkland is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Gympie region was the site of a gold rush in the late 1860s and onwards, and the suburb of Monkland, named by a prospector after a town in Scotland,[5] itself contained a number of profitable mines including the No.2 Great Eastern Gold Mine.

The original timber-frame headmaster's residence, designed by architect Robert Ferguson, is largely fenced off from the school and has been heritage listed by the Queensland Government.

[10] The line reached Kandanga railway station in February 1914 and the terminus of Brooloo in April 1915.

[10] In March 1920 an extension of 10 miles 20 chains (16.5 km) to Kenilworth was approved at an estimated cost of £175,000.

By the 1970s the line become increasingly unprofitable, due to the economic impact on the dairying industry of lower butter consumption due to competition of margarine and the loss of the United Kingdom export market when the UK entered the European Economic Community.

The Mary Valley Heritage Railway Board proposed to operate a tourist train on the line in 1996 using volunteers and trainees.

[27] The personal collection of Andrew Fisher, an early Labor Prime Minister of Australia who represented the area in the Federal Parliament, is also located here.

The Monkland railway station, built in 1911, is part of the Mary Valley Rattler which has been operated by the Apex Club of Gympie since 1998.