Minden, Queensland

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Minden
Queensland
Population: 533 [1]
Postcode: 4311
Location:
LGA: Somerset Regional Council
State District: Ipswich West
Federal Division: Division of Blair,Division of Dickson
Localities around Minden:
Prenzlau Coolana Lark Hill
Hatton Vale Minden Marburg
Woolshed Tallegalla Tallegalla

Minden is a township and rural locality in Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Lockyer Valley and is in the Somerset Regional Council Local Government Area, 64 kilometres (40 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Minden had a population of 533.[1]

In the pastoral days the town was known as as Back Plain. A post Rosewood Scrub was opened there in 1878, but changed to Minden in 1879, after the town of Minden in Westphalia, Germany. During World War I, the name was changed to Frenchton. The name Minden was restored in 1930.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Minden Village (L) (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
  2. ^ Other towns. Official website. Shire of Esk. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.

Coordinates: 27°33′S 152°32′E / -27.55, 152.533

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