Tangorin
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Tangorin
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Cameron Downs State School, eating area with fans to chase the flies away, 2025.jpg
| caption = Cameron Downs State School, eating area with fans to chase the flies away, 2025
| coordinates = {{coord|-21.7608|144.2205|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Tangorin (town centre)}}
| pop = 47
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4821
| area = 5705.6
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
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| lga = Shire of Flinders
| stategov = Traeger
| fedgov = Kennedy
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| near-n = Hughenden
| near-ne = Prairie
| near-e = Prairie
| near-se = Prairie
| near-s = Corfield
| near-sw = Corfield
| near-w = Stamford
| near-nw = Stamford
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Tangorin is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|33283|Tangorin|town in Flinders Shire|accessdate=27 December 2020}}{{cite QPN|42489|Tangorin|locality in Flinders Shire|accessdate=27 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.
Indigenous language
Jirandali (also known as Yirandali, Warungu, Yirandhali) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia, Richmond, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station, Hughenden, and Tangorin.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/69?embed=true|title=Guugu Yimithirr|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}
History
Tangorin Provisional School opened in 1902 and closed in 1905. Opened in 1902 and after several temporary closures finally closed in 1905.
Cameron Downs State School opened on 23 January 1967.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 58 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32767|name=Tangorin (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32741|name=Tangorin (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
Cameron Downs State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on Cameron Downs School Road off Hughenden-Muttaburra Road ({{coord|-21.3745|144.2788|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cameron Downs State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web |title=Cameron Downs State School |url=https://camerondownsss.eq.edu.au/ |accessdate=7 March 2025}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff.{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Tangorin, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|date=1970|title=Town map of Tangorin|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-tangorin-1970.jpg|publisher=Queensland Government}}
{{Shire of Flinders (Queensland)}}
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