Coominglah is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. The land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation.

Geography

The Coominglah Range forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. Coominglah has the following mountains: * Mount Margaret () * The Knob () The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs between its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, and Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The ...

enters the locality from the north (

Lawgi Dawes Lawgi Dawes is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lawgi Dawes had a population of 144 people. It contains the neighbourhood of Lawgi, a former town. Geography Lawgi is an ...

) and exits to the east ( Coominglah Forest). The land use is

on native vegetation.

History

''Coominglah'' was one of four pastoral runs selected by

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in July 1848 following advice from the

Archer brothers The Archer brothers were among the earliest European settlers in Queensland, Australia. They were explorers and pastoralists. Seven sons of William Archer, a Scottish timber merchant, they spent varying amounts of time in the colony of New Sou ...

. It had an estimated area of and an estimated grazing capacity of 4000 sheep. Coominglah State School opened circa December 1939 with teacher Miss Viola Petra Goodfellow. It closed circa 1947. It was on Burns Road (), now within the boundaries of neighbouring

. In the , Coominglah had a population of 18 people.

Education

There are no schools in Coominglah. The nearest government primary schools are Monto State School in

Monto Monto was the nickname for the one-time red light district in the northeast of Dublin, Ireland. The Monto was roughly the area bounded by Talbot Street, Amiens Street, Gardiner Street and Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) in ...

to the south-east and Thangool State School in

Thangool Thangool is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Thangool had a population of 741 people. Geography Thangool is north west of the state capital, ...

to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School in Monto.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland