| Peranga Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Peranga | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°08′45″S151°41′46″E / 27.1458°S 151.6961°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 85 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.843/km2 (7.36/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4352 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Peranga is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census the locality of Peranga had a population of 85 people. [1]
Peranga is a small town on the Darling Downs, 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of Toowoomba and 55 kilometres (34 mi) north-east of Dalby.
The name Peranga derives from the name of an outstation on Rosalie Plains pastoral run, assigned when the town was surveyed in 1911. [2]
Peranga Post Office opened on 11 January 1913. [4]
Peranga State School opened in 1915, closing on 30 July 1973. [5]
The Peranga & District Bowls Club opened in 1955.
The Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated circa 1959. Its last service was held on 13 May 1961 due to a reduction in the congregation. [6]
Peranga Methodist Church opened on 25 June 1961. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia, it became Peranga Uniting Church on 22 June 1977. The last service was held in Peranga on 19 January 1997, after which the church building was relocated to Goombungee to be used as the hall for the Goombungee Uniting Church. [7] [8] The Goombungee church and hall were sold into private ownership in 2012 for $185,000, but the buildings are still extent (as at 2020). [9]
Once the prosperous hub of a rich dairy-producing area, Peranga went into sharp decline after the closure of the Oakey-Cooyar railway line in the mid-1960s. The hotel burnt down in 1967, followed by the school's closure in 1973. [10]
At the 2011 census, Peranga and the surrounding area had a population of 298. [11]
At the 2011 census Peranga had a population of 298 people. [11]
In the 2016 census the locality of Peranga had a population of 85 people. [1]
There are no schools in Peranga. The nearest primary schools are Quinalow State School in neighbouring Quinalow to the west and Kulpi State School in neighbouring Kulpi to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10) in Quinalow and Oakey State High School in Oakey to the south. [12]
The Peranga & District Bowls Club is still in operation. There is a post office and general store, a one-man police station and a town hall.
Together with Peranga, the surrounding towns of Quinalow (10 km west), Maclagan (13 km north-west) and Kulpi (9 km south) are interdependent, having between them all the amenities of a small town. Kulpi has a hotel and tennis courts; Quinalow a garage, cafe, hotel, rural supplier, school, swimming pool, caravan park, library, tractor dealership, tennis courts, hall, and skate park; and Maclagan has a post office and general store, two wineries, a small museum, a butcher, a kindergarten and several parks.
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport.
The Cooyar railway line was a branch line in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The small town of Cooyar is about halfway to Kingaroy in the South Burnett Region. A plan to connect Kingaroy to the south via Cooyar did not eventuate and left Cooyar at the terminus of a branch line running from Oakey west of Toowoomba. It was opened on 28 April 1913 after previous stages to Kulpi and Peranga opened on 29 April 1912 and 4 November 1912 respectively. The line was partially closed beyond Acland on 1 May 1964, with the last segment closed on 8 December 1969.
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Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous 58.8 kilometres (36.5 mi) road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road. It provides an alternate route between the Warrego Highway and the New England Highway, bypassing Toowoomba.
The roads that join the towns of Dalby, Toowoomba and Cooyar form a triangle that encloses some of the most fertile land on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. These roads are the Warrego Highway, New England Highway and Dalby–Cooyar Road. Pechey–Maclagan Road forms a large part of a group of roads that bisect the triangle from east to west, and is also part of one of the groups of roads that bisect from south to north.
