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Hungerford
	Hungerford; Queensland
	; A truck at the Hungerford gate in the rabbit-proof fence between New South Wales and Queensland
	; Hungerford
Population:	59
Postcode:	4493
Coordinates:	28°59′46″S 144°24′29″E / 28.996°S 144.408°ECoordinates: 28°59′46″S 144°24′29″E / 28.996°S 144.408°E
Location:	1140 km (708 mi) SW of Brisbane; 202 km (126 mi) SW of Cunnamulla, Queensland; 214 km (133 mi) NW of Bourke, New South Wales;
LGA:	Shire of Bulloo
State District:	Warrego
Federal Division:	Maranoa

Hungerford is a locality in outback Queensland, Australia, immediately north of the border with New South Wales and the Dingo fence. At the 2006 census, Hungerford and the surrounding area had a population of 59.^[1]

In 1892-3, Henry Lawson visited the town and wrote a short story named after it. In the story he wrote:

The town is right on the Queensland border, and an inter-provincial rabbit-proof fence -- with rabbits on both sides of it -- runs across the main street. ...
Hungerford consists of two houses and a humpy in New South Wales, and five houses in Queensland. Characteristically enough, both the pubs are in Queensland. We got a glass of sour yeast at one and paid six pence for it -- we had asked for English ale.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hungerford (Bulloo Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC36291&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ Peter Pierce, ed (1987). The Oxford Literary Guide to Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. page 47.

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[ABS-0] Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hungerford (Bulloo Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC36291&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

[1] Peter Pierce, ed (1987). The Oxford Literary Guide to Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. page 47.

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