Cunningham, Queensland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cunningham Queensland
Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, Cunningham, 2015
Cunningham Location in Queensland
Population	66 (2016 census)
• Density	3.75/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4370
Area	17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Cunningham: Pratten Upper Wheatvale Wheatvale Montrose Cunningham Wheatvale Greymare Rodgers Creek Rodgers Creek

Cunningham is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Cunningham had a population of 66 people.

History

The locality is named after explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who was the first European to see the lush pastures of the Darling Downs in 1827.

Geography

The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality in an approximately east-west direction and forms part of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The land is mostly used for farming. There is a small urban centre on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road which features the Country Women's Association Memorial Hall, a memorial park and the now disused Cunningham railway station.

Amenities

Memorial park, 2015

Memorial to Patrick Leslie, Cunningham, 2015

War memorial, Cunningham, 2015

Monument to local pioneering families, 2015

The memorial park has a picnic table as well as three memorials to (left to right):

• Patrick Leslie, the first settler on the Darling Downs who founded Toolburra Station north of the park
• the local servicemen who died in World War I and World War II
• the pioneer families of the district: Clancy, Mullins, McMahon and Cantwell

The memorial cairn to Patrick Leslie was erected by the Rosenthal Shire Council and unveiled on 10 December 1959 by the Shire Chairman, J. A. Costello.