Winya

History

Kilcoy Homestead was established in Winya in the 1850s. Settlement in the area had begun as early as 1841. Winya State School opened in 1918 and closed in 1960. The school was on a site on the north-east corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Sandy Creek Road (), now in neighbouring Sandy Creek. with the locality served by Winya railway station (). The Wamuran to Kilcoy section (including Winya) was closed on 30 June 1964.

Geography

Sandy Creeks marks a section of the eastern boundary and Kilcoy Creek aligns with some of the eastern border. In the south the locality protrudes into the waters of Somerset Dam when it is at full capacity. Kilcoy Weir straddles the boundary with Mount Kilcoy in the north. The D'Aguilar Highway passes through Winya. Kilcoy Airfield is in the south of locality on Kennedys Road ().

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  1,304
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  1,242
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  1,038
• Eastern Whipbird

  Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  976
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  967
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  951
• Eastern Yellow Robin

  Eopsaltria australis (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  874
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  848

Most recent

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