Sharon, Queensland

Sharon is a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.^[1] In the 2011 census, Sharon had a population of 1,131 people.^[2]

History

Mill workers in front of Sharon Sugar Mill, Bundaberg, circa 1890

The locality is named after the Sharon plain in Israel.^[1]

Heritage listings

Splitters Creek Railway Bridge

Sharon has the following heritage listings:

Splitters Creek Railway Bridge^[3]

References

1 2 "Sharon (entry 44766)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Sharon". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ "Splitters Creek Railway Bridge (entry 600529)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

Coordinates: 24°52′34″S 152°14′45″E / 24.87611°S 152.24583°E / -24.87611; 152.24583

Suburbs and towns in the Bundaberg Region, Wide Bay–Burnett, Queensland

Bundaberg	Ashfield Avenell Heights Avoca Bargara Branyan Bundaberg Central Bundaberg East Bundaberg North Bundaberg South Bundaberg West Coral Cove Elliott Heads Gooburrum Kalkie Kensington Kepnock Millbank Mon Repos Norville Oakwood Qunaba Rubyanna Sharon Svensson Heights Thabeban Walkervale Woongarra

Other areas	Alloway Apple Tree Creek Avondale Boolboonda Booyal Bullyard Burnett Heads Buxton Calavos Childers Coonarr Cordalba Doolbi Elliott Fairymead Gin Gin Gooburrum Goodwood Horton Innes Park Kalpowar Meadowvale Miara Monduran Moore Park Moorland Port Bundaberg Rosedale South Bingera South Kolan Tirroan Wallaville Watalgan Windermere Woodgate Yandaran

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

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