Owanyilla, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Owanyilla is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Owanyilla had a population of 245 people.
Geography
The Mary River is the western boundary of the locality. Most of the land is used for farming, predominantly grazing but also some crops.
The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. The North Coast railway line passes south to north to the west of the highway, crossing the Mary River, with the town being served by the Owanyilla railway station (25.6676°S 152.6054°E / -25.6676; 152.6054 (Owanyilla railway station)).
History
In the 1840s, Owanyilla was known as Coopers Plain and Police Camp. Owanyilla was used as a barracks for the Native Police from 1857 until the mid-1860s.
The 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) Mary River Agricultural Reserve was proclaimed circa 1861. The reserve was a two farm wide strip on the eastern bank of the Mary River, with the northern limit being the junction of Graham's Creek with the Mary and the southern boundary, Myrtle Creek, and included Coopers Plain.
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