Diglum is a rural
locality
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in the
Gladstone Region
Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million.
History
Gladstone Re ...
,
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
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Diglum had a population of 56 people.
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Geography
The Gladstone–Monto Road
Gladstone–Monto Road is a road route in the Gladstone and North Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 69.
The Gladstone–Monto Road (number 471) is a state-controlled district road, rated as ...
runs along the north-eastern boundary.
Apart from Futter Conservation Park, a small protected area in the north-west of the locality, the land use is almost entirely 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.
History
Dan Dan State School opened on 1920 and closed on 1930.
Demographics
In the , Diglum had a population of 36 people.
Education
There are no schools in Diglum. The nearest government primary schools are Nagoorin State School in Boyne Valley
The River Boyne ( ga, An Bhóinn or ''Abhainn na Bóinne'') is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through C ...
to the south-east and Calliope State School in Calliope
In Greek mythology, Calliope ( ; grc, Καλλιόπη, Kalliópē, beautiful-voiced) is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the "Chief of all Muses" ...
to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Calliope State High School in Calliope.[
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References
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Gladstone Region
Localities in Queensland