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Queensland

Banana Area

Named after a bullock, not a fruit

There's no banana tree anywhere near Banana. The town takes its name from a working bullock, favoured by stockmen for his skill herding wild cattle in the 1860s, and when he died, the gully he'd worked was named in his honour. A life-sized replica of Banana still stands in town, a small, genuinely charming tribute. Sitting at the junction of two highways, it's also a natural stopping point on the way to the rest of the shire.
Map of Banana Area

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