Sharon, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Sharon is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The locality is bounded to the north and east by Splitters Creek and to the south by the Burnett River.

The Sharon Gorge is a further four kilometres along the highway, and is home to a tranquil area with rainforests, ferns, palms and orchids.

The name Manoo is an Aboriginal word meaning clear straight track.

[13] It was on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) in the Splitters Creek area, now part of Sharon, at 411 Ten Mile Road (24°51′17″S 152°14′08″E / 24.8546°S 152.2356°E / -24.8546; 152.2356 (Erin Hill State School (former))).

[15] St Stephen's Anglican church was dedicated on 30 April 1945 by Rural Dean Reverend N.C.C.

Mill workers in front of Sharon Sugar Mill, Bundaberg, circa 1890
Opening of the Church of England at Sharon, circa February 1935
Splitters Creek Railway Bridge