Jerona

History

The area was originally a cattle grazing property known as Jerona and Soulbourne holdings held by Lorenzo Fabrellas. In 1942, the Queensland Government offered it as two parcels of leasehold land, consisting of and . The locality was officially named on 1 November 1980, presumably after the name of the earlier grazing property.

Geography

The town of Jerona is on the western side of the estuary of Barratta Creek on the northern coast of the locality. Most of the locality is within the Bowling Green Bay National Park, except for the town and a small area on the eastern boundary of the locality. The only road into the town is Jerona Road which enters the locality from Barratta to the south, where it connects to the Bruce Highway. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is suburban residential housing within the town.

Most-observed species

• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  419
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  367
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  357
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  333
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  328
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  298
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  281
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  281

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-03-01
  0 km SE of Kelso, Australia
• M 4.3 — 2011-09-17
  44 km NNW of Collinsville, Australia
• M 4 — 2011-04-16
  45 km NNW of Collinsville, Australia
• M 5 — 2011-04-16
  Queensland, Australia