Goranba is a
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 in June 2018, it is over 228 ti ...
,
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.
In the , Goranba had a population of 187 people.
Geography
The
Glenmorgan railway line
The Glenmorgan Branch is a railway line in south west Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1908 and 1931. It was intended to reach Surat, Queensland, Surat but construction ceased during the Great Depression in Aus ...
traverses the locality from east (
Weranga) to west (
Tara) and is served by Goranba railway station ().
History
The name ''Goranba'' is an Aboriginal word referring to a fight over ownership of a tree.
Goranba Provisional School opened February 1925 in a newly constructed hall. In July 1929 it was decided to combine the schools at Perthton and Goranba in single location. In December 1929, the school building at Perthton was relocated to Goranba to establish Goranba State School on a new . It was located north of the Goranba railway station on the north-east corner of Goranba Lane and Crosbies Road ().
It closed circa 1941.
In March 1943 the community requested that the Goranba school building be relocated to Warra-Kogan Road near the Myra Meadows property, a site donated by Andrew Watt Adams, which was approved in October 1943.
References
{{Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region
Localities in Queensland