# records: 1
ref_no: 23786
place_name: Nanango
alt_name: null
type: POPL
description: Population centre
status: Y
currency: Y
gazetted_date: null
gazette_page: null
plan_no: null
modified_date: 1435249567000
lga_name: South Burnett Regional
comments: Request to update individual map URLs for Parish, County and Town series as per Job# 23037
longitude: 152° 00' 01" E
latitude: 26° 40' 15" S
longitude_dd: 152.00028
latitude_dd: -26.67083
origin: Name derived from pastoral run name, used by W.E. Oliver ( - ) * pastoralist, in 1842. From the Waka language, Nanango is reportedly the name of the lagoon near the run homestead, two kilometres west of the present town. It was also used by Europeans to identify a clan leader, who probably owned the bunya pine trees (Araucaria bidwilli) from which nangu (bunya nut meal) was manufactured in the area. One tree in particular grew near a waterhole (called Nooganida) near the present State School. Nanango Township was originally called Goodes Inn. Refer J.G. Steele. Aboriginal pathways. Brisbane, 1983, p.275. William Elliot Oliver
history:
links: Town map: https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-town-nanango-1987/original
Point:
X: 152.0002800000001
Y: -26.670829999999967