Gunnawarra Homestead, historic site in Queensland, Australia

Gunnawarra Homestead is a historic farm complex in Queensland with a main house, outbuildings, and agricultural structures dating from the late 1800s. The property shows the typical layout of a cattle station with timber slab buildings, stock yards, sheds, and supporting structures that were expanded and updated over many decades.

The homestead was first settled by Europeans in 1865 and grew from a small farm into a large cattle station. The Atkinson family took over the property in 1904 and shaped its development over many years, with major renovations including a new cedar wing added in 1908.

The name appeared in the 1878 Post Office Directory as "Gunniawarra", said to mean "little house"; it was amended to Gunna-Warra and then Gunnawarra in 1890. From 1918 a Gunnawarra Picnic Hack Race Meeting was registered for New Year's Day, followed by a ball at the homestead, and a concrete slab was laid at the racetrack for dancing.

The homestead sits on an active cattle station in rural Queensland and can be explored on foot through pathways that connect the old buildings and farm structures. Visitors should expect open land and simple tracks, and be mindful that the property remains a working farm under private ownership.

The large room added to the homestead in 1928 is said to have served as a ballroom for the Gunnawarra Picnic Hack Race Meeting, registered for New Year's Day 1919; a concrete slab was laid at the racetrack for dancing, as most participants camped there. The races ended after Tom Atkinson's death in June 1930.