Rubyanna Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 24°49′30″S 152°23′16″E / 24.8250°S 152.3877°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 244 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 11.19/km2 (28.99/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4670 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Bundaberg Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Burnett | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hinkler | ||||||||||||||
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Rubyanna is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]
The Bundaberg-Bargara Road runs through the southern tip from west to east, and the Bundaberg-Port Road runs along the eastern and northern boundaries.[3]
The name Rubyanna comes from the sugarcane plantation of surveyor John Charlton Thompson, whose plantation was supposedly named for his wife.[2][4]
Rubyanna Provisional School opened circa 1899 and closed on 1905.[5]
In the 2016 census Rubyanna had a population of 244 people.[1]
Bundaberg Bible Church is at 400 Bargara Road (24°50′34″S 152°24′28″E / 24.8429°S 152.4079°E).[6][7]