Goodger 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
South Burnett Region
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
Origins
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in ...
,
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 Goodger had a population of 187 people.
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Geography
Boonenne is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality ().
Industry
The district was the only area in Queensland with known kaolin
Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral ...
deposits of economic importance between 1950 and 1986, and it consequently supplied all kaolin produced in the state. The earliest workings, known as Campbell's Pit, were in the south west of the locality. In more recent years a granite quarry is located in the central west of the locality.
History
The locality was named after the Goodger railway station on Tarong railway line
Tarong Branch Railway. Plans for this thirty kilometre branch line in south-east Queensland, Australia were approved on 12 December 1911 together with an undertaking to extend it further south to Cooyar.Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Bool ...
, after the Goodger brothers (George, James and Howard A.) who were pioneer selectors.[
The name ''Boonenne'' is a corruption of an ]Waka
Waka may refer to:
Culture and language
* Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe
** Waka taua, a Māori w ...
word ''boon-u-inn'' meaning ''myrtle tree''. The name was assigned as a railway station name by Queensland Railways Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
on 25 September 1914.[
Stratharlie State School opened on 1915. In 1917 it was renamed Goodger State School. It closed on 10 August 1962.]
References
{{South Burnett Region
South Burnett Region
Localities in Queensland