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MUNDUBBERA
Mundubbera is a small town encounted
when traveling Gayndah to Monto route. Mundubbera is a quite nice town
that is servicing a rich and diversified rural region.Mundubbera
is also the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although
this is disputed by the neighbouring (and rival) town of Gayndah. To
the highway traveller there is little evidence of any citrus farming.
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Mundubbera means either Footsteps in the trees
or Meeting Place of the waters in the local Aboriginal
language. The latter name refers to the confluence of the Burnett,
Auburn and Boyne rivers just upstream from Mundubbera.
European settlement took place in the late 1840s
Henry Zipf planted the first citrus orchards in 1933
and established Mundubbera as a major
Commercial activity is limited, and consists mainly of
small businesses supporting local residents and farmers.
    
There is little evidence of heritage activity. There
is no museum for example.
The Mundubbera Hotels are early century classic Qld
pubs 
The Mundubbera War Memorial has high profile at the
town’s busy intersection.   
All of the churches are surviving wooden buildings.
All look to be very old. _small.JPG)  
Mundubbera is a nice town and an overnight visit will
tempt our traveller And cheeky.  
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