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Kynuna

Local Government Area
McKinlay
Population
52 (2021 census)
Area
8,452.23 km²
Coordinates
-21.4325, 141.9972
Data
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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About Kynuna

Kynuna is an outback town in north-western Queensland, on the Diamantina River where the Landsborough Highway crosses it. It grew as a supply point for nearby Kynuna Station and was gazetted as a town in 1894. Local legend holds that the suicide of a shearer at nearby Combo Waterhole inspired the Banjo Paterson song Waltzing Matilda. The town lies at the edge of a ring-shaped crustal feature thought to be an ancient asteroid impact.

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