Childers, Queensland of the sugar-cane crushing season. Childers, Queensland Childers is a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, Childers had a population of 1,584. Childers is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, situated on the Bruce Highway and lies north of the state capital Brisbane and south-west of Bundaberg. The township is set on a ridge overlooking fields of rich volcanic soil. The Childers area was traditionally inhabited by the Dundaburra group who are part of Kabi Kabi tribes of the Wide Bay Burnett in the northernmost area. Their descendants still live in
Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland The Synod of Queensland or Queensland Synod is the entity of the Uniting Church in Australia covering most of the state of Queensland in Australia. It is one of six geographically-based Synods of the church. The leader of the Synod is the "moderator" elected to the position for a period of three years. The moderator has been Rev David Baker since 2014, and his term was extended in 2016 to run until 2020. The Uniting Church has a series of inter-related councils, which do not strictly represent a hierarchy. The National Assembly is