Goodger, Queensland

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Goodger
Queensland
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Goodger
Coordinates 26°39′26″S151°48′52″E / 26.6572°S 151.8144°E / -26.6572; 151.8144 (Goodger (centre of locality))
Population176 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density2.170/km2 (5.621/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4610
Area81.1 km2 (31.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) South Burnett Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Goodger:
Inverlaw Taabinga Coolabunia
Haly Creek Goodger Hodgleigh
Haly Creek Brooklands Kunioon

Goodger is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Goodger had a population of 176 people. [1]

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Geography

Boonenne is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality ( 26°37′00″S151°48′00″E / 26.6166°S 151.8°E / -26.6166; 151.8 (Boonenne) ). [3]

History

The locality was named after the Goodger railway station on Tarong railway line, after the Goodger brothers (George, James and Howard A.) who were pioneer selectors. [2]

The name Boonenne is a corruption of an Waka word boon-u-inn meaning myrtle tree. The name was assigned as a railway station name by Queensland Railways Department on 25 September 1914. [3]

Stratharlie State School opened in 1915. [4] In 1917, it was renamed Goodger State School. It closed on 10 August 1962. [5] It was at Kingaroy Cooyar Road ( 26°39′23″S151°49′08″E / 26.65649°S 151.81885°E / -26.65649; 151.81885 (Goodger State School (former)) ). [6] The old school building is still on the site. [7] [8]

The district was the only area in Queensland with known kaolin deposits of economic importance between 1950 and 1986, and it consequently supplied all kaolin produced in the state. The earliest workings, known as Campbell's Pit, were in the south west of the locality. [9]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Goodger had a population of 187 people. [10]

In the 2021 census, Goodger had a population of 176 people. [1]

Economy

A granite quarry operates in the central west of the locality. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Goodger (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Goodger – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46221)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Boonenne – locality unbounded in South Burnett Regional (entry 3763)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "NEW SCHOOLS". The Telegraph . No. 13, 206. Queensland, Australia. 19 March 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m79" (Map). Queensland Government. 1955. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Goodger Historic State School". WikiCamps Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Google (11 January 2023). "Goodger State School (former)" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Sawers, J.; Cooper, W. (1986). Willmott, W. F. (ed.). "1986 South Burnett District". Geological Society of Australia Qld Division. pp. 72–76. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Goodger (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ "southburnett.com.au | The South Burnett's Online Business Directory". southburnett.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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