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Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Burnett River, approximately 385 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane and 15 kilometres inland from the coast. Bundaberg is a major centre within Queensland's Wide Bay-Burnett region. The population of the City of Bundaberg is just over 50,000. The combined population of Bundaberg and surrounding Burnett Shire is about 74,000. Bundaberg is projected to have a population of 92,000 by 2016.
The City of Bundaberg Local Government Area will be amalgamated with the surrounding Shires of Burnett, Kolan Shire Council and Isis Shire Council to create the Bundaberg Regional Council on 27 March 2008.
The city name is thought to be an artificial combination of bunda, the Kabi Aboriginal word denoting important man and the German suffix berg indicating town. The city is colloquially known as "Bundy".
The local Aboriginal group is the Gurang Gurang (goo-rang goo-rang) people.
Bundaberg has sister city agreements with Nanning, China and Settsu City, Japan.
History
Bundaberg as a European township was founded by timbergetters John and Gavin Steuart and Lachlan Tripp in 1867. The first farmers in the area arrived soon after. Timber was the first established industry in Bundaberg. In 1868 a sawmill was erected on the Burnett River downstream from the Steuart and Watson holdings. The city was surveyed, laid out and named Bundaberg in 1870.
Experimental sugar cane growing in the district followed and a successful industry grew. The early sugar industry in Bundaberg was the result of the semi-slave labour carried out by Kanaka. Bundaberg was gazetted a town in 1902 and a city in 1913. The main street is called Bourbong Street - the result of a typographical error by the local daily paper, the News-Mail. The street had originally been named Bourbon Street.
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