Gore is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Gore had a population of 36 people.

Geography

The

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a national highway located in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 sh ...

passes through the locality from the east ( Karara) to the south-west ( Oman Ama). The South Western railway line also passes through the locality from the east (Karara) to the south-west (Oman Ama) roughly parallel to the highway. The town of Gore is located on the south-eastern boundary of the locality and both the highway and the railway pass through it with the town being served by Gore railway station. The predominant land use is

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

The town was named after

St George Richard Gore St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Gore was born in Dubl ...

, the original lessee of Yandilla pastoral run in 1842. Gore State School opened on 20 January 1913. In 1927 it became Maxhill State School and then in 1937 Cement Mills State School. It closed in 1975. (The present-day locality of Cement Mills is immediately to the south-east of Gore.) In the , the locality of Gore had a population of 36 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gore. The nearest primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the north-east and Inglewood State School in Inglewood to the south-west. The nearest secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

to the east. Given the distance to Warwick,

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and boarding schools are other options.

Amenities

There is a petrol station with post office facilities in the town.

References

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Goondiwindi Region Localities in Queensland