Cunningham, Queensland

Cunningham Queensland
Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015
Cunningham
Coordinates	28°09′34″S 151°50′08″E / 28.15944°S 151.83556°ECoordinates: 28°09′34″S 151°50′08″E / 28.15944°S 151.83556°E
Postcode(s)	4370
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Cunningham: Pratten Upper Wheatvale Wheatvale Montrose Cunningham Wheatvale Greymare Rodgers Creek Rodgers Creek

Cunningham is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

History

The locality is named after explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who was the first European to see the lush pastures of the Darling Downs in 1827.^[1]

Geography

The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality in an approximately east-west direction and forms part of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The land is mostly used for farming. There is a small urban centre on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road which features the Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, a memorial park and the now disused Cunningham railway station.^[2]

Amenities

Memorial park, 2015

Memorial to Patrick Leslie, Cunningham, 2015

War memorial, Cunningham, 2015

Monument to local pioneering families, 2015

The memorial park has a picnic table as well as three memorials to (left to right):

• Patrick Leslie, the first settler on the Darling Downs who founded Toolburra Station north of the park
• the local servicemen who died in World War I and World War II
• the pioneer families of the district: Clancy, Mullins, McMahon and Cantwell

The memorial cairn to Patrick Leslie was erected by the Rosenthal Shire Council and unveiled on 10 December 1959 by the Shire Chairman, J. A. Costello.^[3]

References

1. "Cunningham (entry 45917)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. "Plaque about the Patrick Leslie memorial cairn, Cunningham, 2015". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Cunningham, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons