Guluguba is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.

Geography

Guluguba is located on the

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, north of Miles and south of

Wandoan Wandoan is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Juandah. It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles and is the centre for the local cattle industry. In the ...

. The now-closed

Wandoan railway line The Wandoan Branch is a 70 km railway line in the Darling Downs region Queensland, Australia. It links the towns of Miles and Wandoan. It was approved to extend to Taroom, but construction halted during World War I and never recommenced. ...

traversed the locality with the town being served by the Guluguba railway station () with the Giligulgul railway station () at the south of the locality.

History

The name ''Guluguba'' is thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''squatter pigeon''. Guluguba Post Office opened by 1916 (a

receiving office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional s ...

had been open from 1915). Guluguba Provisional School opened on 1 February 1917 on a half-time basis (meaning shared a single teacher) with Downfall Creek Provisional School which opened in March 1917. When the Downfall Creek school closed in 1918, Guluguba became a full-time school. The first stage of the Wandoan railway line opened from Miles to Giligulgul railway station on 20 December 1913. The second stage from Giligulgul to Juandah, including Guluguba railway station, opened on 16 December 1914. In 1931, St John's Lutheran church was opened by a group of German settlers who had moved from

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. In 1940 at Downfall Creek, the local Lutheran community established a Lutheran Day School. Meanwhile, Guluguba State School had two temporary closures in 1942 and 1944 due to a lack of teacher accommodation. In 1957, the Queensland Education Department was willing to provide a teacher to Downfall Creek so the Lutheran Church school became Downfall Creek Provisional School once again. It finally closed in 1962. In the , Guluguba was counted together with neighbouring

and had a combined population of 655. In the , the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.

Education

Guluguba State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Fosters Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 equivalent full-time). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Guluguba. The nearest government secondary schools are Wandoan State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring

to the north and Miles State High School (to Year 12) in Miles to the south.

Amenities

St John's Lutheran Church (also known as the Downfall Creek Lutheran Church) is at 654 Upper Downfall Creek Road ().

Notable people

* Deb Frecklington, a former leader of the Queensland parliamentary wing of the Liberal National Party, attended Guluguba State School

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland