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  1. Geography

  2. History

     Heritage listings 

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Traveston
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|26|19|10|S|152|46|49|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 470
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| est =
| postcode = 4570
| area =
| dist1 = 25
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Gympie
| dist2 = 55
| dir2 = N
| location2 = Nambour
| dist3 = 156
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Brisbane
| lga = Gympie Region
| stategov = Gympie
| fedgov = Wide Bay
| near-n = Tandur
| near-ne = Mothar Mountain
| near-e = Cooran
| near-se = Cooran
| near-s = Coles Creek
| near-sw = Coles Creek
| near-w = Kybong
| near-nw = Kybong
}}Traveston is a small town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] In the 2011 census, Traveston had a population of 470 people.[3]

Geography

Traveston is predominantly farm land with a small urban area to the west of the Traveston railway station on the North Coast railway line which passes through the north-eastern part of the locality from the south-east to the north-west. The Bruce Highway passes through the south-western part of the locality travelling from the south-east to the north-west. Traveston Road connects the highway to the railway station and then follows the railway line to the south-east to neighbouring Cooran.[4]

Dairying is the main industry.[5]

Home of Dingo Creek Vineyard- Host of the Annual Wine & Jazz Festival.

History

The town is believed to be named after an early settler/grazier called Traves who was in the area in the 1860s.[1]

Heritage listings

Traveston has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • 7 Traveston Road: Traveston Powder Magazine (incorporated in Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall)[6]

References

1. ^{{cite QPN|35134|Traveston|town|accessdate=13 September 2015}}
2. ^{{cite QPN|49514|Traveston|locality|accessdate=13 September 2015}}
3. ^{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31668|name=Traveston|accessdate=26 September 2015|quick=on}}
4. ^{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Traveston|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/traveston|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|accessdate=27 September 2015}}
6. ^{{cite QHR|20277|Traveston Powder Magazine (former) (incorporated in Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall)|602783|accessdate=8 July 2013}}

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Traveston, Queensland}}{{Gympie Region}}

3 : Towns in Queensland|Gympie Region|Traveston, Queensland

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