About the Electorate of Nanango
The State Electorate of Nanango has some 48 towns and communities and covers some 18,122 square kilometres. From Brisbane, it is the inland gateway to the rest of Queensland.
The people who reside in the Nanango electorate are in Deb's unbiased opinion the luckiest in the State. Our region is blessed with some of the finest prime agricultural lands, tourism opportunities, natural resources and industry - but most importantly resilient and easy-going people.
The Electorate of Nanango covers parts of four regional council areas including:
- Somerset - from Kilcoy to the small cropping districts on the boarder of the Lockyer Valley including the townships of Coominya, Somerset, Esk & Toogoolawah
- South Burnett - where the finest peanuts in Australia are grown in the unique rich red soils, the area is known as the peanut and navy bean capital of Australia but also grows a variety of cereal and grain crops, duboisia, pumpkins, melons and stone fruits; the South Burnett is also Queensland’s largest wine region, and
- Toowoomba - including the regions of Yarraman, Cooyar
- Gympie - from Woolooga to Goomeri, including Kilkivan, Tansey and Booubyjan districts.
Whilst all these areas produce fine crops the electorate also produces some of the State’s best beef and pork.
Our agricultural industry is supported with processing to market of the products grown in the region, these industries are vital to our economy, Kingaroy boasts two peanut processing plants; Crumpton’s and PCA. Plus there’s Swickers - Australia’s largest pork processor. We are also proud to call our own the beef abattoir of Kilcoy Pastoral Company which is the electorate’s largest employer. Agriculture is the lifeblood of the electorate.
The Electorate of Nanango provides a low-cost holiday destination with an abundance of tourism opportunities from fishing to camping, game hunting, four wheel driving at Jimna, water sports, Country Race Days, Festivals, wineries, bush walking or farm stays. It is a family-friendly desintation within easy reach of Brisbane
Importantly, the Electorate also takes in two of South-East Queensland's major water sources - Somerset and Wivenhoe Dams.
Deb's electorate has 38 schools including three private schools:
- Benarkin State School
- Blackbutt State School
- Brisbane Valley Cluster - Special Education Program
- Cherbourg State School`
- Cloyna State School
- Coolabunia State School
- Coominya State School
- Cooyar State School
- Crawford State School
- Durong State School
- Esk State School
- Goomeri State School P-10
- Harlin State School
- Kilcoy SHS - Special Education Program
- Kilcoy State High School
- Kilcoy State School
- Kilkivan State School
- Kingaroy SHS - Special Education Program
- Kingaroy SS - Early Childhood Development Program
- Kingaroy SS - Special Education Program
- Kingaroy State High School
- Kingaroy State School
- Kumbia State School
- Linville State School
- Moffatdale State School
- Mount Kilcoy State School
- Mount Tarampa State School
- Murgon State School
- Murgon State High School
- Nanango SHS - Special Education Program
- Nanango SS - Special Education Program
- Nanango State High School
- Nanango State School
- Patrick Estate State School
- Proston State School
- Saint Mary's Catholic College (Kingaroy)
- St John's Lutheran Primary School (Kingaroy)
- St Patrick's Primary School (Nanango)
- Stanley River Environmental Education Centre
- Taabinga SS - Special Education Program
- Taabinga State School
- Tanduringie State School
- Tingoora State School
- Toogoolawah State High School
- Toogoolawah State School
- Wheatlands State School
- Windera State School
- Wondai State School P-9
- Wooroolin State School
- Yarraman State School
