KingaroyArticle Free Pass Kingaroy, town, southeastern
Queensland, Australia, in the South Burnett area. It originated
in 1886 as Kingaroy Paddock, deriving its name from the
Aboriginal term kingerroy, meaning “red ant,” and was proclaimed
a shire in 1912. The area’s rich, red soils yield an important
peanut (groundnut) crop, and the state peanut-marketing board is
in Kingaroy. Other local products are grains, soybeans, dairy
foods, and beef cattle. Agricultural machinery is made in
Kingaroy, which is linked to Brisbane (100 miles [160 km]
southeast) by rail and air and by the Bunya Highway. The nearby
Bunya Mountains, which rise to 3,727 feet (1,136 metres) at
Mount Kiangarow, were important to the Aborigines as a source of
bunya pine nuts and have now been included within Bunya
Mountains National Park. Pop. (2006) local government area,
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