All Points of Interest in Ban Ban Springs



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Rest Area – Burnett Hwy, opposite Isis Hwy Intersection, Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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Longitude:  151.815356      Latitude:  -25.681091 Ban Ban Springs is located at the site of mythical springs, and at the junction of the Isis and Burnett Highways.  It is also just 4 km east of the “farthest out station” of the 1840’s, selected and occupied by Mr Henry Herbert in 1846 – he named his run ‘Ban Ban‘, the name the township still beholds Read more…

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Surveyor James Charles Burnett Monument c 1847 – Burnett Hwy, opposite Isis Hwy Intersection, Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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Category: Historical POI's 1841-1860, Historical, Site | Memorial, Monument, and Site | Explore, Pioneer
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” . . . Other squatters followed until a large area of Burnett country was taken by men under the impression that the river was the Boyne of Oxley in 1823, and they remained in that belief until Surveyor Burnett in 1847 found that Oxley’s Boyne was 110 miles north of the Burnett.  Even to-day on the maps one of Read more…

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Wakka Wakka Legend Monument – Burnett Hwy, opposite Isis Hwy Intersection, Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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Category: Historical POI's | Pre 1770, Historical, Site | Memorial, Monument, and Site | Cultural
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Situate within the Ban Ban Springs Rest Area in Queensland, is a memorial reminding us of the people and beliefs of the traditional inhabitants of the land, before European occupation, that reads: “A Wakka Wakka Legend.  The Story of Ban Ban Springs. In the Dreamtime the Rainbow Serpent surfaced here and spoke to the Elders of the Tribe telling them of the Secrets of the Read more…

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Site of ‘Ban Ban’ Run c 1846 – Western Banks of Barambah Creek, Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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The ‘Ban Ban’ run was originally selected by Mr. Henry Herbert c 1846.  The following excerpt could suggest that a homestead was in existence by the 1st June 1848 . . . ” . . . The next night [1st June 1848] they [the Archer Brothers] camped on Barambah Creek within 1½ miles of Ban Ban head station then owned by Read more…

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About Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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Up to date weather for Ban Ban Springs Longitude:  151.815329      Latitude:  -25.680684 Metres above Sea Level:  151.0 m Area:  20.5 km²     Perimeter:  23.5 km . ” . . . On May 31st [1848] they camped at what is described in Charles Archer’s diary as one of the most remarkable spots that he had ever seen in the Read more…