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the place in Western Australia

Gin Gin is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,139 people.

Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry. The town name Gin Gin may have derived from a local Aboriginal word, possibly from the Kabi "kwin kwin", or "chin chin" (a scrub), or "gwin gwin" (red soil). The local Aboriginal people murdered Blaxland in August 1850 and two shepherd boys the year previously. Two large massacres of Aboriginal people were conducted by local squatters and their stockmen as punitive measures to these deaths. About 1851, Arthur and Alfred Henry Brown bought Tirroan from William Forster and renamed the run Gin Gin. The Brown Brothers previously owned a pastoral property called Gin Gin in Western Australia. The run was later purchased by Sir Thomas McIlwraith, who was Premier of Queensland three times between 1879 and 1893. Gin Gin Post Office opened on 15 March 1875. The town was first surveyed in 1880. In 1887, 8,900 ha of land were resumed from the Gin Gin pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. The Gin Gin Library opened in 1992.

At the , Gin Gin had a population of 892. In the , Gin Gin had a population of 1,190 people. In the , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,053 people. In the , the locality of Gin Gin had a population of 1,139 people.

Gin Gin, like Bundaberg, is heavily dependent on the sugar industry, with sugarcane plantations dotted throughout the area. An extensive system of sugar cane tramways service the area. Cattle production also features prominently. In recent years small cropping has taken off across farms in the district, with varied success.

Gin Gin General and Lawn Cemetery is at 31 Tirroan Road .

The Wild Scotsman Festival used to be held in Gin Gin on the third week of March each year to commemorate the capture of the bushranger James MacPherson. The Wild Scotsman Markets are held next to the historical Grounds each Saturday morning.

Gin Gin is the eighteenth town mentioned in the original (Australian) version of the song "I've Been Everywhere".