Mt Walsh, Biggenden
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Biggenden, a rural town in the Central Burnett Valley, is 70 km west of Maryborough and 240 km north-west of central Brisbane. It was the administrative seat of the Biggenden Shire. The name is thought to have been derived from an Aboriginal expression describing stringybark trees.
The Biggenden story, Biggenden, Biggenden Shire Historical Society, 1988, 2002
Diana J. Beal et al, Biggenden Shire handbook, Brisbane, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, 1974
Craig Munro, Wild man of letters, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1984
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