Jaggan is a rural town and
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Tablelands Region
The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January ...
,
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
, establishe ...
, Australia.
In the , the locality of Jaggan had a population of 188 people.
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History
The area was originally called Bunjara Burra. The town takes its present name from the Jaggan railway station, which in turn was named by the 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 31 August 1915. ''Jaggan'' is an Aboriginal word meaning ''thick scrub with lawyer vines''.[
The town surveyed in October 1916.][
Jaggan State School opened on 2 April 1918.]Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...
committed to constructing a new school building at a cost of £640.
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