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Beaudesert is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Beaudesert had a population of 6,395 people. Beaudesert is the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region.

Beaudesert is south of Brisbane and west of the Gold Coast. Beaudesert is located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some south of Brisbane. The area sources its income predominantly from rural activities such as cropping, grazing and equine activities, as well as tourism. In the Logan River and Albert River valleys, Beaudesert is a regional hub serving surrounding communities such as Rathdowney, Kooralbyn, Canungra, Tamborine Mountain and Jimboomba. It is approximately 91 kilometres from Brisbane and connected by the Mount Lindesay Highway. The town of Beaudesert is located above sea level and has an average annual rainfall of around per year. The temperature is around in summer and falls to around in winter. Generally the weather is mild, but some severe storms can arrive each summer. In the east of the locality is the decommissioned Nindooinbah Dam. The much larger Wyaralong Dam is situated roughly to the north west of the town and was completed in 2011.

Beaudesert experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cfal), with hot, muggy summers and mild winters.

Yugembah (also known as Yugumbir, Jugambel, Jugambeir, Jugumbir, Jukam, Jukamba) is one of the Australian Aboriginal languages in areas that include the Beaudesert, Gold Coast, Logan, Scenic Rim, Albert River, Beenleigh, Coolangatta, Coomera, Logan River, Pimpama, Tamborine and Tweed River Valley, within the local government boundaries of the City of Gold Coast, City of Logan, Scenic Rim Regional Council and the Tweed River Valley. Mununjali (also known as Mananjahli, Manaldjahli and Manandjali) is a dialect of the Yugambeh language. The Mununjali language area includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Scenic Rim and Beaudesert Shire Councils. The town is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England. Beaudesert Provisional School opened on 26 March 1882 but closed on 9 September 1886. On 13 September 1887, it reopened as Beaudesert State School. On 15 August 1885 at Stretton's Hotel at Beaudesert, auctioneer C. J. Warner offered 125 town lots in the Beaudesert Township Extension estate. The lots were mostly and were on Brisbane Street, Tubber Street, Gordon Street, Birman Street, James Street, Edward Street and Alice Street. The advertising noted that the Queensland Government had voted the funds to extend the railway line from Logan Village to Beaudesert. The Beaudesert railway line from Bethania to Beaudesert opened on 16 May 1888. Beaudesert railway station served the town. Use of the passenger services declined with the increasing ownership of cars following World War II, leading to the termination of the passenger services in 1961. However the Beaudesert abattoir and the dairy farmers continued to use the freight services on the line until freight services terminated on 20 May 1996. On Tuesday 24 July 1888, the foundation log of St Thomas' Anglican church was laid by Mrs De Burgh Persse of Tabragalba with an address given by Archdeacon Nathaniel Dawes. On 24 November 1956 the foundation stone for a new church was laid by the Governor of Queensland, John Lavarack, and blessed by Archbishop Reginald Halse. The second St Thomas' Anglican Church was consecrated on Sunday 4 July 1965 by Archbishop Philip Strong. The 1888 church was used as the church hall. As 2 February was the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was decided to call the church Our Lady of the Purification, but it was commonly known as St Mary's. Dunne returned on 2 June 1889 to open the new church. Internally the church was with 14 feet (4 m) ceilings. It was built by James Madden of Ipswich, who design the church for free. It was fitted with an altar, altar rails and 20 pews. The foundation stone was laid in April 1897 and the church was officially opened on Wednesday 16 June 1897. On 14 April 1901, the foundation stone was laid for St Mary's Convent School. The school opened on 19 August 1901 with an initial enrolment of 101 students and was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. The original timber building remained in use until 1939 when its condition was becoming dangerous. The school operated temporarily from the church until a new brick building was erected. The brick building was blessed and opened by Archbishop James Duhig on 3 September 1939. The timber building remains on the site as Mercy Hall. Further buildings were added over the years. On 19 August 2013, the 1939 brick building was badly damaged by a fire. However, the exterior and stained glass windows survived and the building was rebuilt, re opening on 20 February 2015; it is now used for school administration. On 17 December 1901 auctioneers M. Selwyn Smith offered nine grazing and agricultural lots surrounding the town of the Beaudesert ranging in size from , totalling The land was being sold following the death of its owner Ernest White. The Beaudesert Shire Tramway to Christmas Creek, Lamington and Rathdowney, operated by the Beaudesert Shire, opened in 1903 and closed in 1944. A local newspaper, the Beaudesert Times was established in 1908. The Beaudesert War Museum was unveiled on 28 September 1921 by Queensland Governor Matthew Nathan. From the nineteenth century through to the 1980s, it was a thriving centre with a shoe factory and meat works as well as markets, a hospital and an ambulance service. The Enright family managed a major department store. The Blunck family managed an electrical store and a car servicing and sales business. The Seventh day Adventist Church was officially opened on Sunday 20 August 1949 by Pastor F. A. Mote, of Sydney, the secretary of the Australasian Inter Union Conference, and foundation stone for the Beaudesert Baptist Church was laid on 8 October 1949 by C. G. Sweetman, President of the Baptist Union in Queensland. From 1954 to 1962, the Beaudesert State School also provided a secondary school program, which ceased when a separate Beaudesert State High School was opened in January 1963. From 1961 until 2001, the controversial child welfare organisation BoysTown operated in Beaudesert. It had the largest case of child abuse at a single institution in Australia's history. In 1999, the Biddaddaba History Group brought together the history of the area from the earliest settlement of white people up to 1990 in a comprehensive book available from libraries. Prior to construction, the site of McAuley College was blessed by Archbishop of Brisbane, Mark Coleridge. It opened on 25 January 2017 with 36 students in Year 7. It was officially opened on 17 November 2017 by Scott Buchholz, Member for Wright with a blessing by Coleridge.

Year Event 1842 Nindooinbah pastoral run was established 1850 Nindooinbah original homestead was built 1885 Beaudesert Hotel (burned down in 1940 and replaced)1888Beaudesert railway line opened 1901 St Marys Primary School opened. 1903 Beaudesert Shire Tramway opened 1904 The Logan and Albert Co operative Butter Factory opened and closed 1987. 1919 Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch in Jane Street 1927 Visit by The Duke and Duchess of York 1934 L & A Hotel opened 1944 Beaudesert Shire Tramway closed 1964 Beaudesert High School 1993 A J Bush. Destroyed by fire in 2001. Reopened in 2002 1995 Gelita opened

Beaudesert State School is a government primary (Early Childhood 6) school for boys and girls at 17 Tina Street In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 649 students with 49 teachers (43 full time equivalent) and 29 non teaching staff (20 full time equivalent). It includes a special education program. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 352 students with 26 teachers (22 full time equivalent) and 19 non teaching staff (11 full time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1442 students with 109 teachers (105 full time equivalent) and 64 non teaching staff (43 full time equivalent). McAuley College is a Catholic secondary (7 12) school for boys and girls at 30 Oakland Way In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 93 students with 13 teachers (12 full time equivalent) and 8 non teaching staff (4 full time equivalent). The Scenic Rim Regional Council operates a public library at 58 Brisbane Street
The Beaudesert branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 86 Brisbane Street
St Thomas' Anglican Church is at 7 Albert Street
St Mary's Catholic Church is in Bromelton Street adjacent to the school. Beaudesert Congregation Uniting Church is at 48 William Street (corner of Duckett Street, ) adjacent to the former church building. Beaudesert Baptist Church is at 13 Eaglesfield Street
Beaudesert Seventh day Adventist Church is at 45 Anna Street
The Arts Centre hosts a number of community groups and there is a wide range of community activity including a very active Bush Bards group. A number of well known sporting teams represent the local area, including the Beaudesert Kingfishers who play home games at R. S. Willis Park, Beaudesert Rangers soccer club who play home games at Selwyn Park, Beaudesert and District junior and senior cricket club who play home games at Everdell Park, Beaudesert Warriors rugby union Club who play home games at Everdell Park. There is a rifle range and pistol club in Sprengler Road in neighbouring Tabragalba
Beaudesert has a racecourse, 50 metre swimming pool, two gyms, showgrounds, caravan park and several hotels and eateries.

The surrounding countryside includes numerous valleys leading up to the ranges dividing Queensland and New South Wales with creeks running through them and accompanying mountain scenery. Access to some of more remote areas is possible by camping in the Stockyard creek valley a branch of the Kerry Valley to the south of the town. Il Bogan Lagoon is a waterhole in the west of the locality at 3169 Beaudesert Boonah Road It is on the traditional lands of the Mununjali clan and they believe it is the home of a creature that moves through underground tunnels and waterways across their lands (sometimes referred to as a bunyip). British settlers also had sightings of strange creatures at the lagoon.

The annual agricultural show held in September is an event that includes a wide range of events and displays. It is run by the Beaudesert Show Society.

A bus runs from Beaudesert to Browns Plains and Brisbane on weekdays. Centacare St Mary's Community Services and the Beaudesert RSL provide transport for aged, disabled, veterans and hospital/respite requirements.

The standard gauge Brisbane Sydney railway line runs through Bromelton, a few kilometres west of Beaudesert. This line is used by NSW TrainLink Sydney to Brisbane XPT passenger services and Aurizon, Pacific National and SCT Logistics freight services to Sydney, Melbourne, Wollongong and Adelaide. Services ceased calling at Bromelton station in 1994. The Beaudesert railway line ran from the outer Brisbane suburb of Bethania to Beaudesert and was in regular use from 1886 to 1996. Until 1991 it had served the meat packing plant on the outskirts of the town. A petition from railway enthusiasts, and considerable grants of government money, resulted in its re opening in 1999. Beaudesert Rail operated steam driven tourist trains on the line for a short while thereafter. The company ceased operating in August 2004 after a series of fires, allegedly lit by sparks from the train, were set along the train line. The company was in debt and has ceased to exist, with the rolling stock liquidated and physical infrastructure demolished. Beaudesert Rail had also been trading while insolvent, resulting in the closure of several local business who had extended them credit.