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Injune, QLD

Southern access to the Carnarvon National Park.

Injune is a small regional service centre which promotes itself as the southern entry to the remarkable Carnarvon Gorge and Carnarvon National Park. It has a range of basic services and two motels - presumably to cater for tourism to the National Park.


Injune is located 566 km north-west of Brisbane. It is 90 km north of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway.


Origin of Name

No one is sure how the town got its name but there is local folklore which claims that the explorer, Ludwig Leichhardt, carved "Leichhardt in June" on a Bon tree near the junction of the Injune and Horse Creeks. The "in June" became the name of the town. It is, more plausibly, named after the property established in 1858 by the Haly brothers. The property was called "Ingon" which was the Gungabula Aboriginal word for "sugar glider". No one knows why the spelling changed to "Injune".


Things to See and Do

Carnarvon Gorge National Park
Injune is the southern entry point to Carnarvon National Park - The Gorge lies some 45 km off the road Carnarvon Highway between Injune and Rolleston. To reach Carnarvon Gorge from Injune drive north 112 km along the Carnarvon Highway to the Carnarvon Gorge turn-off. From the turnoff on the Carnarvon Highway the 45 km road to the park entrance is mostly sealed. 
One of the wonders of Australia, with its cabbage tree palms and ancient cycads, Carnarvon Gorge is the eternal Cinderella of Queensland’s National Parks. It offers one of the easiest 21 km walks imaginable which winds along the valley floor and criss-crosses the Carnarvon Creek on stepping stones which are so stable and well-placed you could dance across the water and never fall in.
This is unique countryside where the highlight is the huge Aboriginal art gallery which lies 5.5 km from the Information Centre, and which is notable for its large number of female vulva carved into the rock walls (no prizes for guessing that it was a sacred site) and the 2000 hand stencils, including tiny ones from children, and ochre images of boomerangs, white goannas, coolamons and fishing nets.

Carnarvon National Park and a Rewarding Walk

One of the magical places in the gorge. Water drips from the sandstone walls and consequently the Moss Garden has a dense carpet of mosses, ferns and liverworts. In a tiny crevice on the side of the gorge tree ferns reach for sunlight and a small waterfall falls over a small rock ledge into a cool, dark pool.

An unusual and awe inspiring natural formation. Part of the walls of the gorge opens into a 60m deep chamber which has been cut from the gorge face by constantly running water. It is dark and cool. The acoustics are remarkable and the echoes are otherworldly.



The Cathedral Cave is a massive overhang sheltered Aboriginal people for thousands of years. While the local Aborigines sheltered from the weather they used the caves as an ideal place for their rock art which includes vast numbers of hand stencils, boomerangs, fishing nets, a wooden war club, an axe, some forearms, coolamons, stencils of shell pendants, kangaroo and emu prints - all of which reflect the rich cultural life of the people who sheltered in the cave.

Organised Tours



* Prior to the arrival of Europeans the area was home to Aborigines from the Gungabula language group.

* In 1844 Ludwig Leichhardt passed through the area. He crossed Dawson River near Taroom in November, 1844.

* In 1846 Major Thomas Mitchell explored the area.

* By 1856 William Hutton had taken up the original run in the district.

* In 1858 the Haly brothers established their property, Ingon, in the area.

* In 1860 a map of Queensland showed "Injon Creek".

* By 1880 the Bungil Divisional Board had been established to administer the area.

* In 1903 the Bungil Shire was established.

* In 1919 the land around Injune was opened to soldier settlement.

* Near Injune the writer Frank Dalby Davison worked from 1919-1923 and the district is the setting for his most famous book Man-Shy, an unusual novel written from the viewpoint of a wild red heifer and describing the life of outback cattle. 

* In 1920 Injune was connected to Roma by rail. That year saw the opening of the Injune Post & Telegraph Office.

* In 1921 the Injune State School opened with 32 students.

* Injune was gazetted in 1922. That year saw the local police station opened.

* A School of Arts hall was opened in 1923.

* The local Church of England was consecrated in 1925.

* A Bush Nursing Centre was opened in 1931.

* The town got its first public telephone in 1934.

* The Coronation Hotel opened its doors in 1937.

* In 1938 the local Roman Catholic Church was consecrated.

* The town was connected to mains electricity in 1955. A picture theatre opened that year.

* Mains water arrived in 1956.

* The town was connected to sewerage in 1962. That year saw the establishment of the Methodist Church.

* By 1964 the town had a Secondary School.

* The railway to the town ceased in 1966.

* The road to Roma was sealed in 1968.


Visitor Information

Injune Visitor Information Centre, 32 Hutton Street, tel: (07) 4626 0503, (07) 4626 1053.


Useful Websites

The town has its own website. Check out http://www.visitinjune.com.au.

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