Goomburra, Queensland

Goomburra Queensland
Goomburra
Coordinates	28°02′38″S152°07′14″E / 28.0438°S 152.1205°E / -28.0438; 152.1205 (Goomburra (town centre))
Population	256 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	1.496/km2 (3.875/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4362
Area	171.1 km2 (66.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
Localities around Goomburra: Forest Springs Upper Pilton Black Duck Creek East Haldon Berat Goomburra Townson Tarome Clintonvale Gladfield Maryvale North Branch Tregony

Goomburra is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. ^{[2] [3]} In the 2021 census, the locality of Goomburra had a population of 256 people. ^[1]

Inverramsay is a neighbourhood in Goomburra ( 28°00′33″S152°14′20″E / 28.0092°S 152.2389°E / -28.0092; 152.2389 (Inverramsay) ). ^[4]

Geography

Goomburra is on the Darling Downs. It is the valley of Dalrymple Creek which flows from east to west away from the Great Dividing Range towards Allora. The creek eventually becomes a tributary of the Condamine River, part of the Murray-Darling river system. ^[5]

Goomburra railway station is an abandoned railway station on the closed Goomburra railway line ( 28°02′35″S152°06′54″E / 28.0430°S 152.1151°E / -28.0430; 152.1151 (Goomburra railway station) ). ^[6]

History

The town's name came from the name of a pastoral run operated by pastoralist Patrick Leslie from 1840 to 1841. It is an Aboriginal word which is either a corruption of gooneburra meaning fire black tribe, or which means a shield derived from the kurrajong tree. ^[2]

Goomburra State School opened on 25 April 1881. It closed temporarily in 1905 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently on 14 June 1925. ^[7]

Circa August 1901, the Queensland Government purchased the Goomburra pastoral run of 13,253 acres (5,363 ha). ^[8] This land was divided for closer settlement and sold in April 1902. ^[9]

Goomburra Township Provisional School opened on 10 March 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Goomburra Township State School. Following a fire which destroyed the school, it was closed on 3 January 1972. ^[7] It was at 17 Inverramsay Road ( 28°02′33″S152°07′14″E / 28.04244°S 152.12053°E / -28.04244; 152.12053 (Goomburra Township State School (former)) ). ^{[10] [5]}

St John's Anglican Church was dedicated in 1911 by The Venerable Arthur Richard Rivers. Its closure circa 2012 was approved by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall. ^[11]

Goomburra was the terminus of the Goomburra railway line which opened in 1912 and closed in 1961.

In October 1912, the 1879 Presbyterian church building in Allora was relocated to become the Presbyterian church in Goomburra, which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Allora. The relocation of the church required two traction engines and took ten days to negotiate difficult terrain and other problems. ^[12]

Inverramsay State School opened on 2 February 1914 and closed on 22 August 1965. ^[7]

On 31 December 1919 in the public hall, Littleton Groom (the member for Darling Downs) unveiled the town's honour board, listing the 32 names of those who had performed military service in World War I including 10 who died in the war. ^[13]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of Goomburra had a population of 259 people. ^[14]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Goomburra had a population of 256 people. ^[1]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Goomburra (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Goomburra – town in Southern Downs Region (entry 14268)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "Goomburra – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 49753)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
4. "Inverramsay – unbounded locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 43494)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 30 December 2017.
6. "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
8. "QUEENSLAND". The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times . Tasmania, Australia. 14 August 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2022– via National Library of Australia.
9. "Closer Settlement". The Telegraph . No. 9, 186. Queensland, Australia. 30 April 1902. p. 4 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 26 April 2022– via National Library of Australia.
10. "Parish of Glengallan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
11. "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
12. "REMOVING A CHURCH". The Brisbane Courier . No. 17, 089. Queensland, Australia. 19 October 1912. p. 13. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022– via National Library of Australia.
13. "HONOUR BOARDS". The Brisbane Courier . Queensland, Australia. 3 January 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 21 May 2020– via Trove.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Goomburra (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

External links

• "Town map of Goomburra". Queensland Government. 1981.