Moonie, Queensland Moonie, Queensland Moonie is a town in the Western Downs Region and a locality split between the Western Downs Region and the Goondiwindi Region in Queensland, Australia. The town is on the Darling Downs at the intersection of the Leichhardt and Moonie Highways, west of the state capital, Brisbane, and is the Official Oil Capital of Australia. The locality is split between the Western Downs Region (northern part of the locality) and the Goondiwindi Region (southern part of the locality). The Moonie Highway passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The Leichhardt Highway passes through the locality
National Party of Australia – Queensland state election but the Moore Ministry would only last one term amidst the challenges of the Great Depression, being defeated in 1932. Following a second defeat in 1935, the CPNP split into separate Country Party and United Australia Party branches. Ted Maher led the party to further defeats in 1938 and 1941. Then in April of the latter year, the new federal leader of the party Arthur Fadden, MP for the Queensland Division of Darling Downs, sought to merge the Country and United Australia parties. Only in Queensland did this yield much success with the two parliamentary parties forming the