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Minden
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| Population: | 533[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4311 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ipswich West | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of Blair, Division of Dickson | ||||||||||||
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Minden is a township and rural locality in Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Lockyer Valley and is in the Somerset Region 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 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]
The Warrego Highway goes through Minden.
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