Minden, Queensland


Minden is a small town and rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Geography

Minden is located in the Lockyer Valley at the northern foothills of the Little Liverpool Range. The Warrego Highway passes through Minden from east to west. It is the most southerly part of the Somerset Region local government area.

History

Originally the area was known as Back Plains or Rosewood Scrub but was changed to Minden in 1879 at the request of German settlers, after the town of Minden in Westphalia, Germany. In 1916 during World War I, the name was changed to Frenchton due to anti-German sentiment, but name Minden was restored in 1930.
Frenchton Post Office opened on 1 July 1927, reverted to Minden in 1930 and closed in 1971.
At the 2011 census, Minden had a population of 1,093.