Bauple

History

The town was originally called Raby but the name was changed to Bauple on 20 November 1896, named after Mount Bauple. Bauple is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word baupval in the Kabi language referring to a frilled lizard. In the Dreamtime, the spirit of the lizard guarded the sacred place on the mountain where stone axes were obtained. In 1858, bauple nuts were discovered in Bauple; they are known locally as Bauple nuts or Queensland nuts, but internationally as macadamia nuts. Mount Bauple Provisional School opened on 7 February 1887. In 1888, it renamed Mount Bopple Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Bopple State School. It closed in September 1928 due to low student numbers. It reopened in March 1931, but and closed permanently on 10 February 1933. The Mount Bauple sugar mill was established in 1896; it was the largest in the district. There were cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the mill at 26 Mill Street (). The mill closed in 1951, as the sugarcane was then being sent to mills in Nambour and Maryborough. Rossendale State School opened on 28 January 1919 and closed in 1962. It was on the southern side of Bauple Drive (); St Mark's Anglican Church was dedicated on 5 March 1926 by Archdeacon Glover. It closed circa 1979. On Sunday 11 March 1928, Archbishop James Duhig officially opened and dedicated a Catholic church in Bauple. The timber church was built in the pointed Gothic style. It was and could seat 100 people. The architect was P.O.E. Hawkes of Maryborough and the contractors were Walter Oscar Nielsen and Mr Jorgensen. The church subsequently closed and was privately owned. Later it was purchased for use as the Lighthouse Christian Church. The school building was the relocated former Boonooroo State…

Geography

Bauple is principally flat farming land (elevation 50 metres). * Guyra Mountain in the west of the locality () * Mount Bauple in the west of the locality () The town is located centrally within the locality. The Bruce Highway passes through the location from south to north, bypassing the town to the east. The town is now accessed Bauple Drive, the former route of the Bruce Highway before the town was bypassed. Sugarcane is the major crop in the area.

Most-observed species

• Ranoidea caerulea (White, 1790)

  Ranoidea caerulea (White, 1790) · Amphibia
  210
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  175
• eastern grey kangaroo

  Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 · Mammalia
  173
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  169
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  155
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  142
• Yellow-tailed black-cockatoo

  Zanda funerea (Shaw, 1794) · Aves
  139
• Yellow-footed antechinus

  Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) · Mammalia
  139

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2025-08-15
  12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia