Download coordinates as: Murgon (/mɜːrɡən/) is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

Industries include peanuts, dairy farming, beef and cattle production and wine.

The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Gayndah, Eidsvold and Mundubbera.

[4] Opened on 14 September 1903, the fourth stage of the Nanango railway line took the line from Goomeri south to Wondai after passing through Manyung, Moondooner and Murgon, with the town served by Murgon railway station.

The map advertising the land selection states the allotments are portions in the Parishes of Murgon, Goomeribong and Barambah.

[14] The foundation stone of the Murgon War Memorial was laid on 25 April 1920 (ANZAC Day) by Lieutenant Colonel Wilder Neligan.

On 11 November 1921, the digger memorial was dedicated by RSL chairman, Major General Spencer Browne.

[27] The Theebine to Kingaroy railway line fell into disuse by 2004, and was officially closed in early 2010.

[28] All tracks (with the exception of some sidings) were eventually removed to make way for the Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail trail which was opened in Spring 2017.

The Murgon fossil site is the only such site in Australia with a diverse vertebrate fauna dating to the early Eocene epoch, around 55 million years ago, only 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

It is 88 kilometres (55 mi) long and passes through Goomeri, Murgon, Wondai, Tingoora, Wooroolin, Memerambi, and Crawford.

Queensland's first and longest sealed rail trail section of 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Murgon to Kingaroy is for walkers and cyclists only.