Murgon

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Murgon

Total population

1,966

Coordinates-26.24°, 151.94°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,220 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Andrew Kratzmann

Australian tennis player

M

Mark Kratzmann

Australian tennis player

Leah Purcell

Australian actress and film director

Harold Blair

Australian singer and Aboriginal activist (1924-1976)

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Steve Renouf

Australian rugby league footballer

B

Bryan Niebling

Australian rugby league player

Dustin Cooper

Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer

Gavin Cooper

Australian rugby league footballer

L

Lionel Fogarty

Indigenous Australian poet and political activist

Maroochy Barambah

Australian Aboriginal mezzo-soprano singer

R

Rodney Ansell

Australian bushman who inspired the "Crocodile" Dundee films (1954–1999)

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Wade Seccombe

Australian cricketer

A

Adrian Blair

Australian boxer

L

Liam Georgetown

Australian rugby league footballer

C

Caroline Lillian Archer

(1922-1978) telephonist and Aboriginal activist

B

Bob Moore

Australian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• Cherbourg
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,194
• Goomeri
  8.9 mi away · pop. 523
• Greenview
  9.8 mi away
• Wooroolin
  14 mi away
• Memerambi
  16.2 mi away
• Kilkivan
  21.3 mi away · pop. 429
• Proston
  21.7 mi away · pop. 281
• Nanango
  30.1 mi away · pop. 3,438
• Widgee
  31 mi away
• Theebine
  42.7 mi away
• Maidenwell
  42.8 mi away
• Blackbutt
  45.5 mi away · pop. 606

Browse all places in Queensland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Books about Murgon

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Crested Pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Seen 2026-07-11

Apostlebird

Struthidea cinerea

Seen 2026-07-10

conkerberry

Carissa ovata

Seen 2026-07-01

Green Tree Frog

Pelodryas caerulea

Seen 2026-06-28

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis

Seen 2026-06-23

Speckled Line-Blue

Catopyrops florinda

Seen 2026-06-19

Superb Fairywren

Malurus cyaneus

Seen 2026-06-19

Red-backed Fairywren

Malurus melanocephalus

Seen 2026-06-19

Lesser Wanderer

Danaus petilia

Seen 2026-06-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Murgon, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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