{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = region | name = South Burnett | state = qld | image = Kingaroyvineyard.JPG | caption = The rich soils of the region support a thriving agricultural industry | pop = 31,286 | pop_year = 2007 | pop_footnotes = <ref name="sbrcffs">{{cite web |url=http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/web/guest/49 |title=South Burnett Fast Facts and Statistics |accessdate=24 May 2010 |publisher=South Burnett Regional Council |archive-date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216032749/http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/web/guest/49 |url-status=live }}</ref> | area = 8399 | area_footnotes = <ref name="sbrcffs"/> | lga = South Burnett Region | lga2 = Gympie Region | stategov = | fedgov = Blair | fedgov2 = Maranoa | logo = | url = | est = }}{{For|the local government area|South Burnett Region}}thumb|Peanut silos, 1945 The '''South Burnett''' is a peanut growing and wine-producing area on the Great Dividing Range, north of the Darling Downs, in Queensland. It is with the basin of the Burnett River. The area is within two local government areas, South Burnett Region and Gympie Region.
==Towns== Towns located within this region with a population of more than 1,000 include Kingaroy, Murgon, Wondai and Nanango. Towns with a population under 1,000 people include Kilkivan, Goomeri, Proston, Blackbutt, Kumbia, Tingoora, Hivesville, Memerambi, Wooroolin, Moffatdale, Crawford, Coolabunia, Mount Mowbullan, Goodger, Booie, Benarkin, Cloyna and Wheatlands.
==Transport== The D'Aguilar Highway leads south east, while the Bunya Highway enters the region from the south west. The Wide Bay Highway connects to Gympie and the Bruce Highway towards the coast and the Burnett Highway continues north of the region.
The Brisbane Valley railway line reached Blackbutt in 1905. The line was closed in the 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 July 2010|title=Steaming ahead on the Brisbane Valley rail trail|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/28/2966634.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223235244/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/28/2966634.htm}}</ref>
==Wine region== The South Burnett Wine Region is another attraction, with Verdelho grown successfully, due to the warm climate and rich soils. With around ten wineries, it is a relatively new wine region. Grapes were first planted in the area in 1898.<ref name="waa">{{cite book |title=Wine Atlas of Australia |last=Halliday |first=James |year=2006 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0520250311 |page=297 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYnel7Z-o2wC |accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref> Industrial production began in 1993. Most of the wineries are located close to Kingaroy or in the Moffatdale area north of Murgon. There are none in the west of the region. Shiraz and Chardonnay are the most prevalent varieties with production roughly halved between red and white wines.<ref name="waa"/>
==Attractions== thumb|Kinbombi Falls One of the best known attractions in the area is the peanut-growing district centered on Kingaroy.<ref name="sbrc" /> {{Convert|12|km}} from Murgon is the Bjelke-Petersen Dam. Other dams in the region include Gordonbrook Dam and Boondooma Dam. Tarong Power Station and the Tarong National Park are both in the south of the Burnett. The Bunya Mountains, protected within the Bunya Mountains National Park, which contains the largest natural bunya pine forest in the world, are a popular natural attraction in the south of the region.<ref name="sbrc">{{cite web |url=http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/web/guest/things-to-see-and-do |title=Things to see and do |accessdate=24 May 2010 |publisher=South Burnett Regional Council |archive-date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129143919/http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/web/guest/things-to-see-and-do |url-status=live }}</ref> At Kinbombi Falls there are picnic and camping facilities next to a large waterfall, gorge and rocky creek. Rock-wallabies can be seen on local cliffs, particularly around twilight hours. Garnet gem fields are found just west of Proston.
==See also== {{Portal|Queensland}} * Regions of Queensland * Wide Bay–Burnett
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==External links== *[http://www.sbctc.com.au/ South Burnett CTC] – Large community-based organisation located in the South Burnett *[http://www.southburnettwine.com.au/ South Burnett Wine] – South Burnett Wine Industry Association portal *[http://www.southburnett.com.au South Burnett Online] – Popular South Burnett focused community portal *[http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au South Burnett Regional Council] – Regional Local Government Site
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Category:IBRA subregions Category:Regions of Queensland Category:Wine regions of Australia Category:Wide Bay–Burnett Category:South Burnett Region