Nanango

Nanango ( /nəˈnæŋɡoʊ/) is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is the fourth oldest town in Queensland. At the 2006 census, Nanango had a population of 3,083. It is situated 210 kilometres (130 mi) north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Nanango sits at the junction of the D'Aguilar and Burnett Highways. The original inhabitants of the area were the indigenous people belonging to the Wakka Wakka (or Waka Waka) people. The area was used as a gateway to the bunya nut festivals, where Aboriginal people would travel from far as far away as the Clarence River in northern New South Wales and the Maranoa River to feast on bunya nuts from the bunya trees. The area around Nanango was first settled by Europeans in...