Boonooroo, Queensland
Town in Queensland, Australia
25°40′06″S 152°54′07″E / 25.6683°S 152.9019°E / -25.6683; 152.9019 (Boonooroo (town centre))Localities around Boonooroo: | ||
Boonooroo Plains | Great Sandy Strait | Great Sandy Strait |
Tuan Forest | Boonooroo | Great Sandy Strait |
Tuan | Great Sandy Strait | Great Sandy Strait |
Boonooroo is a coastal town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Boonooroo had a population of 371 people.[1]
Geography
The Great Sandy Strait forms the eastern and southern boundaries.[4]
History
The town's name is an Aboriginal word meaning the brigalow tree (Acacia harpopylla).[2]
Boonooroo State School opened in 1911. It closed in May 1931. On 30 September 1946 it reopened as Boonooroo Provisional School, becoming Boonooroo State School in 1960. It then closed in 1961.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the locality of Boonooroo had a population of 322 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Boonooroo had a population of 371 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boonooroo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Boonooroo – town in Fraser Coast Region (entry 3778)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Boonooroo – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46631)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Google (20 August 2021). "Boonooroo, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boonooroo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
External links
- "Town map of Boonooroo". Queensland Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018.
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Towns and localities in Fraser Coast Region
- Aldershot
- Antigua
- Aramara
- Bauple
- Bauple Forest
- Beaver Rock
- Beelbi Creek
- Bidwill
- Boompa
- Boonooroo
- Boonooroo Plains
- Booral
- Brooweena
- Bunya Creek
- Burgowan
- Burrum Heads
- Burrum River
- Burrum Town
- Calgoa
- Cherwell
- Craignish
- Doongul
- Duckinwilla
- Dundathu
- Dundowran
- Dundowran Beach
- Dunmora
- Eli Waters
- Eliott
- Eurong
- Ferney
- Fraser Island
- Gigoomgan
- Glenbar
- Glenorchy
- Glenwood
- Gootchie
- Grahams Creek
- Granville
- Great Sandy Strait
- Gunalda
- Gundiah
- Gungaloon
- Happy Valley
- Hervey Bay
- Howard
- Island Plantation
- Kanigan
- Kawungan
- Maaroom
- Magnolia
- Malarga
- Marodian
- Maryborough
- Maryborough West
- Miva
- Mount Urah
- Mungar
- Munna Creek
- Neerdie
- Netherby
- Nikenbah
- North Aramara
- Oakhurst
- Owanyilla
- Pacific Haven
- Paterson
- Pialba
- Pilerwa
- Pioneers Rest
- Point Vernon
- Poona
- Prawle
- River Heads
- Scarness
- St Helens
- St Mary
- Sunshine Acres
- Susan River
- Takura
- Talegalla Weir
- Tandora
- Tawan
- Teddington
- Teebar
- The Dimonds
- Theebine
- Thinoomba
- Tiaro
- Tin Can Bay
- Tinana
- Tinana South
- Tinnanbar
- Toogoom
- Toolara Forest
- Torbanlea
- Torquay
- Tuan
- Tuan Forest
- Urangan
- Urraween
- Walkers Point
- Walliebum
- Walligan
- Wondunna
- Woocoo
- Yengarie
- Yerra
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