Monkland, Queensland

Monkland is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.GeographyMonkland is a suburb of Gympie, 4km south-east of the centre of Gympie on the north-east bank of the Mary River.HistoryThe Gympie region was the site of a gold rush in the late 1860s and onwards, and the suburb of Monkland, named by a prospector after a town in Scotland, itself contained a number of profitable mines including the No.2 Great Eastern Gold Mine. By 1873, rapid expansion of the area had led to the construction of a number of shops and four hotels in the main street, with many families living in the area. The North Coast railway line was built through the area in 1889 connecting Gympie to Brisbane, which involved a considerable gradient between Monkland and Gympie of 30m. The line was decommissioned a hundred years later when the North Coast railway line was electrified and upgraded.Heritage listingsMonkland has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Old Brisbane Road: No. 1 Scottish Gympie Mine and Battery Brisbane Road: Monkland State School Residence 215 Brisbane Road: Andrew Fisher's Cottage