Murgon, Queensland

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Murgon Queensland
Population:	2,143
Postcode:	4605
Location:	223 km (139 mi) from Brisbane 199 km (124 mi) from Toowoomba 67 km (42 mi) from Kingaroy
LGA:	South Burnett Regional Council
State District:	Nanango
Federal Division:	Wide Bay

Murgon is a town in Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Bunya Highway 270 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern part of the Burnett River catchment. Attractions of Murgon include wine-making, fishing on the nearby Bjelke-Petersen Dam and gem-fossicking.

Murgon is also close to a famous fossil site. The Murgon Fossil Site is the only fossil site with a diverse vertebrate fauna dating from 55 million years ago to ten million years ago.

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

The Indigenous Australian settlement of Cherbourg is just south of Murgon.

In 1969 the former Logan Road (Brisbane) tramway electrical substation, was dismantled and rebuilt in Murgon. This unusual link to Brisbane's tram system is located at the southern end of the town's railway station.

[edit] See also

• List of fossil sites (with link directory)

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Coordinates: 26°14′S, 151°57′E

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