Beaudesert, Queensland
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Beaudesert Queensland |
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Main street of Beaudesert
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 Beaudesert
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| Coordinates | 27°59′0″S 152°59′0″E / 27.98333°S 152.98333°ECoordinates: 27°59′0″S 152°59′0″E / 27.98333°S 152.98333°E | ||||||
| Population | 5,999 (2011 census) | ||||||
| Established | 1870s | ||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4285 | ||||||
| Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) | ||||||
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| LGA(s) | Scenic Rim Region | ||||||
| State electorate(s) | Beaudesert | ||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wright | ||||||
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Beaudesert is a town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census the town recorded a population of 5,999.
Beaudesert is located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 91 kilometres (57 mi) south of Brisbane. The area sources its income predominantly from rural activities such as cropping, grazing and equine activities, as well as tourism. It has a racecourse, 50-metre swimming pool, public library, two gyms and mountain scenery.
In the Logan River and Albert River valleys, Beaudesert is a regional hub serving surrounding communities such as Rathdowney, Kooralbyn, Canungra, Tamborine Mountain and Jimboomba. It is approximately 91 kilometres from Brisbane and connected by the Mount Lindesay Highway.
The town of Beaudesert is located 46 m above sea level and has an average annual rainfall of around 916 mm per year. The temperature is around 30 degrees in summer and falls to around three degrees in winter. Generally the weather is mild, but some severe storms can arrive each summer.
In the east of the locality is the decommissioned Nindooinbah Dam. The much larger Wyaralong Dam is situated roughly 14 km to the north west of the town and was completed in 2011.
The town was settled in 1847 and has grown to a small, bustling centre.
The town is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England. Yet it is certain that Queensland's Beaudesert was named in about 1841 or 1842 by 'Ned Hawkins', or Edward Brace Hawkins (1821–1849), who was claiming the area as a sheep station on behalf of his employer William Henry Suttor senior (1805–1877) at Bathurst. It is not known why Hawkins picked the name Beaudesert. He was himself born in Newark Upon Trent in Nottinghamshire, the son of Thomas Fitzherbert Hawkins and wife Elizabeth of Bathurst fame, and it does not seem that he or his family had any personal connections to Beaudesert in England. Ned Hawkins moved on, not long after taking up Beaudesert station, to take up Boonara Station in the South Burnett.
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