supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000). Another famous hoax is the story of the Gayndah Bear, a black bear said to be wandering around the banks of the Burnett River. The Gayndah Bear was first sighted in the late 1950s and again in 2000. Gayndah State High School opened on 29 January 1963. On 3 March 2006 it became Burnett State College. The foundation stone of the Gayndah Methodist Church was laid on 28 October 1967 by Reverend Ivan Wells Alcorn. With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Gayndah Uniting Church. It is now known as Central Burnett Uniting Church. In 1969 the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart at Byrnestown was moved to Gayndah to serve as the church hall for St Joseph's Catholic Church. To reduce the risk of future cyclone damage, the roof was lowered by reducing the height of the walls and reducing the pitch of the roof. The Mango Tree is a 1977 Australian drama film based on the novel The Mango Tree by Ronald McKie and directed by Kevin Dobson and starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Sir Robert Helpmann. Filming took place in the town of Gayndah, Mount Perry and Cordalba as well as Bundaberg. The shoot went for seven weeks starting April and ending in June. The streets of Gayndah were closed for filming and a street-scape was created to emulate the 19th century period of the screenplay. Gayndah was chosen because much of its early, country town architecture was intact and reflected the period effectively. Lead actor Christopher Pate is the son of actor Michael Pate who also produced the film. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,745. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,789 people. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. Heritage listings Gayndah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: off Bridge Street: Gayndah Bridge Remnants Capper Street: Gayndah War Memorial (also known as Rawbelle Shire War Memorial) 20 Capper Street: Gayndah Court House 28 Capper Street: Mellors Drapery and Haberdashery (also known as Overells) 32-34 Capper Street: Gayndah Shire Hall (also known as Gayndah Soldiers' Memorial Hall) Fisher Avenue: Gayndah Racecourse corner of Gordon & Pineapple Streets: Gayndah District Hospital Complex 33