Mon Repos, Queensland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mon Repos Queensland
Mon Repos Beach, 2020
Mon Repos Location in Queensland
Population	30 (2016 census)
• Density	4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4670
Area	6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	13.3 km (8 mi) NE of Bundaberg 374 km (232 mi) N of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)	Burnett
Federal Division(s)	Hinkler
Suburbs around Mon Repos: Burnett Heads Coral Sea Coral Sea Qunaba Mon Repos Coral Sea Qunaba Qunaba Bargara

Mon Repos is a coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Mon Repos had a population of 30 people.

Geography

Most of the coastline of Mon Repos is part of the Mon Repos Conservation Park, established to protect the nesting areas of turtles. Inland of the conversation park, much of the land is state reserves or subject to other restrictions designed to support the wildlife objectives of the conversation park. There is a small amount of built environment, a caravan park on the coast and a small residential area inland from it.

History

Mon Repos is French for "My Rest" and was the name of the homestead established by Augustus Purling Barton in the early 1880s.

In the 1890s, the governments of France, Queensland and New South Wales decided to construct an undersea telegraph cable to link Australia to North America across the Pacific Ocean via New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii. The cable came ashore at Mon Repos, where a cable station was constructed. The cable was used until the 1920s when it was replaced by a radio service via Sydney and the cable station demolished. The cables remained in place under the sea where they were used during World War II by the Royal Australian Navy to train crews in Midget submarines operating from the HMS Bonadventure to cut cables in preparation to cut undersea telephone cables in Tokyo. Two lieutenants Bruce Enzer and Bruce Carey died during the training. Some remains of the cable station can be seen within the caravan park.

Heritage listings

Mon Repos has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Grange Road: South Sea Islander Wall

Education

Despite the name, Bargara State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 591 Bargara Road in Mon Repos (24°49′20″S 152°26′19″E / 24.8221°S 152.4387°E / -24.8221; 152.4387 (Bargara State School)). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 448 students with 31 teachers (26 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).

There are no secondary schools in Mon Repos. The nearest secondary school is Kepnock State High School in Kepnock in Bundaberg to the south-west.

Images for kids

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  Newly-hatched baby turtles heading for the sea, 2020

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  South Sea Islander Wall, 2009