Ottaba, Queensland

Ottaba is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Ottaba had a population of 54 people.[1]

Ottaba
Queensland
Ottaba
Coordinates27.1566°S 152.3844°E / -27.1566; 152.3844
Population54 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.02/km2 (7.81/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4313
Area17.9 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Ottaba:
Toogoolawah Toogoolawah Mount Beppo
Biarra Ottaba Mount Beppo
Biarra Biarra Coal Creek

History

On 26 February 1904, the Queensland Railways Department named the former railway station in the area Ottaba, which is a Wakawaka language word in the Dungibara dialect meaning come on. Anthropologist Walter Edmund Roth is believed to have suggested the name. The locality takes its name from the former railway station.[2]

Newton Provisional School opened on 15 September 1898. In 1905 it was renamed Ottaba Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Ottaba State School. It closed temporarily in 1924. It permanently closed circa 1936.[3]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ottaba (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Ottaba - locality in Somerset Region (entry 44906)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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