Coringa is a rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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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
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Coringa had a population of 77 people.
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Geography
The Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...
forms the northern boundary of the locality. At the west of the locality is the Paradise Dam () which creates Lake Paradise. The filling of the dam flooded most of the former town of Paradise
In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...
().
History
The town of Paradise was established in 1889 as a gold mining township. It was on the Burnett River. The town reserve was established on 20 July 1891. In 1898, the town was abandoned when the gold rush was over.
Heritage listings
Coringa has a number of heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* Campbells Road: Paradise Cemetery
Education
There are no schools in Coringa. The nearest government primary schools are Dallarnil State School in neighbouring Dallarnil
Dallarnil is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dallarnil had a population of 230 people.
The neighbourhood of Stanton is within the locality ().
History
The town takes its name from the ra ...
to the east and Biggenden State School in Biggenden
Biggenden is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Biggenden had a population of 845 people.
Geography
Biggenden is on the Isis Highway north-west of the state capital Brisbane, and west of M ...
to the south-east. Biggenden State School also offers secondary schooling to Year 10. The nearest government secondary schools offering secondary schooling to Year 12 are Isis District State High School
Isis District State High School, established in 1961, is located in the town of Childers, Queensland, set across two campuses on approximately . It is at a midpoint between the major centres of Bundaberg and Maryborough. As well as providing a ...
in Childers to the north-east and Burnett State College in Gayndah
Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region.
Geography
Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...
to the south-west.
References
External links
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North Burnett Region
Localities in Queensland