Mooga is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Maranoa Region,
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 Mooga had a population of 17 people.
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History
The name ''Mooga'' was derived from the pastoral run name, which was an Aboriginal word in the Mandandanji language
Bidjara, also spelt Bidyara or Pitjara, is an Australian Aboriginal language. In 1980, it was spoken by twenty elders in Queensland between the towns of Tambo and Augathella, or the Warrego and Langlo Rivers. There are many dialects of th ...
, meaning ''kingfisher''.[
Mooga Provisional School opened on 1 August 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Mooga State School. It closed on 18 April 1937.]
References
Maranoa Region
Localities in Queensland
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