Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg
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Located on Barambah Creek in Wakka Wakka Country, around 5 kilometres south of Murgon, 170 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, 110 kilometres southwest of Maryborough and 70 kilometres west of Gympie, the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg was originally Barambah Aboriginal Settlement.
The community was founded as an Aboriginal reserve under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 and gazetted on 23 February 1901. It was known as Barambah Aboriginal Settlement from around 1904 to December 1931, when the name was changed to avoid confusion with mail deliveries to the nearby Barambah pastoral station. The name Cherbourg derives from the parish name, which is believed to be a corruption of Chirbury, Shropshire, the birthplace of Richard Jones, who leased the Barambah run in the 1850s.
Sources:
Google Maps (Location, directions and distances — my measurements)
Queensland Place Names Database: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/queensland-place-names-search (Requires search )
Wikipedia: Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Cherbourg
