Main street of Boonah

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Boonah is both a town and a locality of the Scenic Rim Region in south-eastern Queensland. The history of Boonah township is connected to the nearby settlement of Dugandan which was named after a pastoral run of the same name that was taken up in August 1844 by Macquarie McDonald and his brother Campbell Livingston McDonald.

Dugandan was one of the earliest pastoral holdings in Queensland. In its early years the area was stocked with sheep but the region was discovered to be well suited for cattle and over time became renowned for the quality of its beef and dairy herds.

Variously known as Dugandan Scrub and Blumbergville, Boonah was also positioned within the boundaries of the early Dungandan property. Due to the scattered distribution of European settlers, the close proximity of the two settlements that would eventually become the townships of Dugandan and Boonak and the

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