Woongarra, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Woongarra
| city = Bundaberg
| state = qld
| image = Woongarra State School, 2015.jpg
| caption = Woongarra State School, 2015
| coordinates = {{coord|-24.8944|152.4133|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Woongarra (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 585
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
| postcode = 4670
| area = 34.2
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 10.7
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Bundaberg
| dist2 = 369
| dir2 = N
| location2 = Brisbane
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| lga = Bundaberg Region
| stategov = Burnett
| stategov2 = Bundaberg
| fedgov = Hinkler
| near-n = Windermere
| near-ne = Innes Park
| near-e = Elliott Heads
| near-se = Calavos
| near-s = Alloway
| near-sw = Thabeban
| near-w = Avenell Heights
| near-nw = Ashfield
}}
Woongarra is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48366|Woongarra|locality in Bundaberg Region|access-date=12 April 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Woongarra had a population of 585 people.
Geography
Located to the immediate south-east of the Bundaberg urban area, the locality is bounded to the north and east by Elliotts Head Road and to the south by Three Chain Road.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
The terrain is relatively flat ranging from {{Convert|10 to 40|m}} above sea level.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }} The land use is predominantly crop growing (mostly sugarcane and macadamia) and some grazing on native vegetation.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }} There is a network of cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills for processing.
History
The name Woongarra is an Aboriginal word meaning the brigalow tree.
In December 1878, tenders were called to erect a school and teacher's residence.{{cite news |date=2 December 1878 |title=Official Notifications. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1376988 |accessdate=22 March 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXIII |issue=3,601}} When Woongarra State School opened on 13 August 1879 with 16 students, it was on the corner of Wallace's Road and Lovers Walk Road (approx {{Coord|-24.88679|152.40594|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Woongarra State School (original site)}}).{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} It moved to its present location on Elliott Heads Road in 1901.{{Cite web |title=Woongarra State School |url=https://woongarrass.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128024157/https://woongarrass.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=28 January 2018 |access-date=27 January 2018 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |date=26 November 1900 |title=Official Notifications. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172980626 |accessdate=22 March 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,742 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327005454/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172980626 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=29 December 1900 |title=WOONGARRA STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19075272 |accessdate=22 March 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LVII |issue=13,405 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327005406/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19075272 |url-status=live }}
A Primitive Methodist Church opened circa August 1878.{{cite news|date=24 August 1878|title=Country News in Brief.|volume=XIV|page=648|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=158|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19775699|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=20 September 2021|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327005455/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19775699|url-status=live}}
St John's Anglican church was dedicated on 14 October 1883. It held its last service on 29 October 1967 because of a declining population.{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#W|title=Closed Churches|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#W|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=3 April 2019|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |title=St John's Anglican Church {{!}} Woongarra |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=5619 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327005456/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=5619 |url-status=live }}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Woongarra had a population of 547 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33183|name=Woongarra (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Woongarra had a population of 585 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33153|name=Woongarra (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
Woongarra State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 468 Elliott Heads Road ({{coord|-24.8789|152.4056|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Woongarra State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=Woongarra State School |url=https://woongarrass.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Woongarra State School |language=en |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401223305/https://woongarrass.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 459 students with 36 teachers (31 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}} A special education program is available at the school.
There are no secondary schools in Woongarra. The nearest government secondary schools are Kepnock State High School in Kepnock to the north-west and Bundaburg State High School in Bundaberg South also to the north-west.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
References
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