Kragra is a rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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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 , Kragra had a population of 27 people.
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Kragra's postcode is 4413.][
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Geography
The ridgline of the Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
roughly bounds Kragra to the south. Part of the Koko State Forest () is in the north of the locality; the state forest extends into neighbouring Hawkwood. Part of the Jarrah State Forest is in the south-east of the locality (), extending into neighbouring Durah.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
Kragra Provisional School opened on 18 July 1955. It closed on 31 December 1974.
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
Education
There are no schools in Kragra. The nearest primary school is Monogorilby State School in Monogorilby to the east. There are no nearby secondary schools; distance education or boarding school would be options.
References
Further reading
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Western Downs Region
Localities in Queensland