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Wandoan is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles and is the centre for the local cattle industry. At the , Wandoan had a population of 665.〔 ==History== The beginnings of the Wandoan township can be traced back to 1853 when 'Juandah' Station was established at this location in 1849. When Herbert Salway and Percival Sydney Francis Stephen first tendered for a huge area of land: ''Juandah'' of and two other runs ''Coringa'' of and ''Cherwondah'' of . This area, defined in accordance with the 1847 Orders-in-Council, falls far short of the actual size of the holding, which has been estimated at —five and a half times as much. The aggregation of these three runs became known as ''Juandah'' and records show Percival Stephen was living on ''Juandah'' before August 1849. A wayside hotel was built there in the 1890s, and by the end of the nineteenth century the hotel was well established and a township was formed. The railway to Miles opened on 16 December 1914. Juandah was named Wandoan in 1926 to avoid confusion with Jundah near Longreach. After World War II, land around Wandoan was used for soldier settlements through ballots in the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wdrc.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=01b22fad-8937-405f-a03a-faf6b30b2e6b&groupId=12392 )〕 The Wandoan War Memorial is in front of the Community Culture Centre on Henderson Street and commemorates Australians who served in all wars. There are plaques for individual wars on the wall behind the memorial. The monument was dedicated on 25 April (Anzac Day) 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92870-wandoan-war-memorial )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/Pages/MemoDet.aspx?Memorial=Wandoan%20War%20Memorial )〕 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「Wandoan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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