Nukku
Nukku is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Nukku had a population of 22 people. Geography The D'Aguilar Highway passes through the south of the locality from west (Blackbutt) to east (Gilla). The land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from the Nukku railway station name, assigned on 19 December 1912 by the Queensland Railways Department. It is an Aboriginal word (Waka language, Dungibara dialect, Koolaburra clan), meaning watershed. The Brisbane Valley railway line from Benarkin via Blackbutt and Nukku to Gilla opened on 19 December 1912. Nukku was served by the Nukku railway station (). The line closed in 1993. The station building was relocated to Millar Street in Yarraman to be used as a workshop for a saddlery business and, in 2015, relocated to Blackbutt as a museum exhibit. Nukku State School opened on 28 May 1928. It closed on 1967. The school was located to the south of the D'Aguilar Highway near the Nukka Road Road junction (approx ). The former school building was relocated to Blackbutt to house the Roy Emerson Museum. In the , Nukku had a population of 22 people. On 1