Coorooman is a rural
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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in the
Livingstone Shire
The Shire of Livingstone is a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate north and east of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, administered from the coastal ...
,
Queensland
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, 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
, establishe ...
, Australia.
In the , Coorooman had a population of 87 people.
History
The locality was named after its former railway station on the
Emu Park branch line, which in turn took its name from the creek, which is believed to be an Aboriginal word ''coorawan'' meaning ''
kangaroo
Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern ...
''.
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Geography
The many branches of ''Cawarral Creek'' permeate the locality, forming much of the southern boundary, part of the eastern, and draining the interior.
Road infrastructure
The Rockhampton–Emu Park Road runs through from south to north.
References
{{Shire of Livingstone
Shire of Livingstone
Localities in Queensland