Boondooma
Boondooma is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
| Boondooma Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Boondooma Lake | |||||||||||||||
  Boondooma | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°09′23″S 151°13′03″E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4613 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
The Boondooma Dam and its associated lake is on south-eastern boundary between Boondooma and Okeden.[2]
History
Durong Provisional School opened on 3 September 1923. On 7 November 1927 it became Durong State School. The school closed briefly in 1928 due to low student numbers.[3]
Boondooma State School opened on 1939 and closed on 3 May 1968.[3]
The closure of Boondooma State Schoool enabled Durong State School to be renamed Boondooma State School in 1970. It closed on December 1999.[3]
Heritage listings
Boondooma has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Mundubbera-Durong Road: Boondooma Homestead[4]
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References
- "Boondooma (entry 46287)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- "Boondooma Homestead (entry 600967)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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