:Tarong, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Tarong
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Tarong Homestead (1997).jpg
| caption = Tarong Homestead, 1997
| coordinates = {{coord|-26.7649|151.8822|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Tarong (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 193
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4615
| area = 93.3
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 19.8
| dir1 = SW
| location1 = Nanango
| dist2 = 31.8
| dir2 = S
| location2 = Kingaroy
| dist3 = 188
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Toowoomba
| dist4 = 193
| dir4 = NW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = South Burnett Region
| stategov = Nanango
| fedgov = Maranoa
| near-n = Brooklands
| near-ne = South Nanango
| near-e = South Nanango
| near-se = Yarraman
| near-s = Neumgna
| near-sw = Maidenwell
| near-w = Brooklands
| near-nw = Brooklands
}}
Tarong is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|46271|Tarong|locality in South Burnett Region|access-date=7 March 2023}} The area is known for the Tarong Power Station which is located next to the Meandu Mine. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tarong had a population of 193 people.
History
The name Tarong derives from the name of a pastoral run first used in 1850; it is probably based on an Aboriginal word tarum meaning wild lime tree.
In April 1921, two subdivisions at Nanango and Tarong Estate and Township were advertised for auction by John Darley and Isles, Love and Co. The Tarong Estate, twelve miles from Nanango and Tarong Railway Station offered 25 agricultural farms and 62 town allotments while the Grange Estate, eleven miles from Nanango and 18 miles from Kingaroy in the Parish of Booie offered 15 dairy farms.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Two important subdivisions at Nanango and Tarong Township the Tarong Estate, the Grange Estate |type=Map |date=1921 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/282116}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22610490|title=Classified Advertising|date=2 April 1921|newspaper=The Queenslander|access-date=21 May 2019|issue=2848|location=Queensland, Australia|page=13|via=National Library of Australia}}
Tarong State School opened in 1925 and closed circa 1942.{{cite book |title=Queensland schools past and present |date=2010 |version=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} In 1951, the school building was relocated to Jonestown West State School.{{cite news |date=24 November 1951 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50216327 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=4678}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Tarong had a population of 181 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32781|name=Tarong (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tarong had a population of 193 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32754|name=Tarong (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Heritage listings
Tarong has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Education
There are no schools in Tarong. The nearest government primary schools are Nanango State School in Nanango to the north-east, Yarraman State School in neighbouring Yarraman to the south-east, and Tanduringie State School in Pimpimbudgee to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Yarraman State School (to Year 9) and Nanango State High School (to Year 12) in Nanango.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}
References
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