Ebagoola, Queensland

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Ebagoola
Queensland
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Ebagoola
Coordinates 14°14′00″S143°16′00″E / 14.2333°S 143.2666°E / -14.2333; 143.2666 Coordinates: 14°14′00″S143°16′00″E / 14.2333°S 143.2666°E / -14.2333; 143.2666
Postcode(s) 4892
LGA(s) Shire of Cook
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal Division(s) Leichhardt

Ebagoola is a town in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. [1] The town is within the locality of Yarraden. [2]

Ebagoola Township and Battery

Ebagoola is the site of the Ebagoola Township and Battery, a former mining camp built from 1900 until 1913, which was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on the 15th of May 2006. [3] Today, only a single building in the area from the era still stands.

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Ebagoola Township and Battery

Ebagoola Township and Battery is a heritage-listed mining camp at Yarraden, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1900 to 1913. It is also known as Ada Stewart Battery and Ebagoolah Township. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 15 May 2006.

References

  1. "Ebagoola - population centre in Cook Shire (entry 11125)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Ebagoola Township and Battery (entry 601858)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.