| Boompa Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Boompa | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°38′06″S152°08′34″E / 25.635°S 152.1427°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 89 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4621 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 312.2 km2 (120.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Fraser Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Maryborough | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Boompa is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Boompa had a population of 89 people. [3]
Teebar East Provisional School opened on 29 May 1893. In 1904, the school was moved and renamed Teebar West Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Teebar West State School. In 1930, the school was again moved to a more central position and in March 1933 was renamed Boompa State School. The school closed on 16 April 1945, but reopened on 25 March 1946. It closed permanently on 28 January 1963. [4] [5]
In 1922, the residents of the Woocoo Shire erected a war memorial outside St Mary's Church of England on the Maryborough-Biggenden Road at Teebar (now within Boompa). In 1992, the memorial was relocated to the Woocoo Historical Museum in Brooweena due to concerns about vandalism. [6] [7] It is now known as the Brooweena War Memorial.
Elizabeth Mary Thomas nee Eaton, formerly Mrs B J Nichols, donated land from the property Clifton for a church and cemetery. Subscription towards the building fund were made on the understanding that the church was dedicated in the name of St Mary to the memory of Woocoo Shire soldiers killed in action in World War I. [8] Opening services of the St Mary's Anglican Church were held on 26 October 1919. [9] The church was built by Matthew Edmund Rooney of Maryborough. [9] There is a group of three stained glass windows behind the altar. In 2019 residents and descendants of past residents attended a 100th anniversary service, and a plaque to commemorate the occasion was unveiled in the church grounds. [10] The church is variously described as being located at Boompa, Brooweena, or Teebar. [11]
In the 2016 census, Boompa had a population of 83 people. [12]
In the 2021 census, Boompa had a population of 89 people. [3]
Fraser Coast Regional Council placed the St Mary’s Church and Cemetery on its Local Heritage Register. [13]
There is a cemetery beside St Mary's Anglican Church ( 25°36′57″S152°14′05″E / 25.6158°S 152.2346°E ). [14]
Maryborough is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 Census, the suburb of Maryborough had a population of 15,287.
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The Shire of Woocoo was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, containing the rural residential area to the west of the town of Maryborough, and surrounding countryside. The shire covered an area of 2,007.9 square kilometres (775.3 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1914 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Maryborough, City of Hervey Bay and the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Shire of Tiaro to form the Fraser Coast Region.
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