The Boyne Valley
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Boyne Valley Queensland |
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 Boyne Valley
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| Coordinates | 24°27′12″S 151°17′34″E / 24.45333°S 151.29278°ECoordinates: 24°27′12″S 151°17′34″E / 24.45333°S 151.29278°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 379 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4680 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gladstone | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||
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The Boyne Valley is a locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. This rural locality contains four small towns: Nagoorin, Ubobo, Builyan, and Many Peaks. In the 2011 census, Boyne Valley had a population of 379 people.
It is in the valley of the Boyne River, in Central Queensland, approximately 500 km north of Brisbane and 70 km south west of Gladstone. "The Valley" as locals call it, is part of Gladstone's hinterland. Formerly within the Shire of Calliope, in 2008 it became part of Gladstone Region. It is in close proximity to Kroombit Tops National Park.
The European association with the Boyne Valley began with John Oxley’s naming of the Boyne River in 1823. John Unaike noted, "We had a beautiful and extensive view of the river for many miles, through a rich brush country, the banks in many parts well clothed with timber".
A cultural heritage assessment published in 2000 proves that the Boyne Valley was home to Aboriginal people for thousands of years prior to European discovery.
The first recorded meeting of the two cultures was on Curtis Island in 1802. After showering Matthew Flinders and his party with rocks and stones on their arrival, the "Indians" observed them for a fortnight before making contact. Two seamen became lost and spent a night tortured by mosquitoes in the mangrove swamps. They were rescued, fed, examined in a "personal manner" and guided safely back to their ship. Living on a diet of seafood, kangaroo and bird life they were described as, "stout, muscular men who went entirely naked, understood bartering better than most and were curious but not over excitable".
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