Barakula Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Timber cutter with a large log in Barakula | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°19′52″S150°35′52″E / 26.3311°S 150.5977°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.00000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4413 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,639.4 km2 (633.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Barakula is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, Barakula had "no people or a very low population". [1]
Barakula's postcode is 4413. [2]
In 1911 the Queensland Railway Department built a tramway from Chinchilla to Wongongera (now Barakula) to transport railway sleepers made from logs taken from the state forest at Barakula and milled at the Barakula sawmill (approx 26°25′40″S150°30′16″E / 26.4279°S 150.5044°E ). The route of the Barakula tramway was based on an earlier plan to construct a railway line from Chinchilla to Taroom that was subsequently abandoned in favour of a railway line from Miles to Taroom. [4] [5] Originally established to supply sleepers for the Great Western Railway, the sawmill and the tramway operated intermittently depending on demand. The sawmill was mothballed in August 1928 but a caretaker, F. Brooks, was retained. The line reopened in 1942. [6] The tramway operated until 1970. [7] It was a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge tramway. [8]
Wongongera Sawmill Provisional School opened on 25 July 1912. In 1914 it was renamed Barakula Provisional School. It closed and re-opened a number of times due to low student numbers. In 1927 it became Barakula State School. It closed on 31 December 1982. [9] It was located within Barakula State Forest (approximately 26°25′38″S150°30′10″E / 26.4273°S 150.5027°E ). [10] [11]
In the 2016 census Barakula had a population of 13 people. [12]
In the 2021 census, Barakula had "no people or a very low population". [1]
Barakula has the following heritage-listed sites: