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Kandanga is a town in south east Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Mary Valley Highway, north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of Gympie, on the banks of Kandanga Creek. Part of the Gympie Region local government area, Kandanga at the 2006 census had a population of 596. . The name "Kandanga" is derived from the local Kabi Aboriginal language, meaning a fork or sharp bend of the creek.〔(Mary Valley tourist site ) - Retrieved 31 October 2006〕 Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Amamoor and Dagun. In 2006 the Beattie state government announced plans to construct a new dam at Traveston Crossing on the upper Mary River. The proposed dam, designed to provide water to the growing Sunshine Coast, will flood fertile farmland, including Kandanga.〔(Queensland Government Ministerial Statement ) 5 July 2006 - Retrieved 31 October 2006〕 Kandanga is well known for its prime farmland, although because of the proposed dam many farmers had to walk out on their farms. ==History== Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a receiving office had been open from 1895). The Kandanga War Memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1920 by the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Cooroora Harry Walker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91768-kandanga-war-memorial )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kandanga, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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