Mungallala South is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Maranoa Region
Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region.
History
The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the l ...
,
Queensland
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, 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 , Mungallala South had a population of 24 people.
Mungallala South's postcode is 4467.
History
The name Mungallala comes from the town and pastoral run name. It is derived from the Kunggari language, from ''mungar''/''kungar'' meaning ''bird'' and ''yaya''/''lala'' meaning ''shout'', describing the sound of the claws of running emu
The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius''. The emu' ...
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Education
There are no schools in Mungallala South. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Mungallala
Mungallala is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mungallala had a population of 136 people. Geography
The town is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital Brisbane and ...
. The nearest secondary school is in Mitchell
Mitchell may refer to:
People
*Mitchell (surname)
*Mitchell (given name)
Places Australia
* Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate
* Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst
* Mitchell, Northern Territo ...
but only offers up to Year 10. For Years 11 and 12, the nearest secondary schools are in Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
and Charleville Charleville can refer to:
Australia
* Charleville, Queensland, a town in Australia
**Charleville railway station, Queensland
France
* Charleville, Marne, a commune in Marne, France
*Charleville-Mézières, a commune in Ardennes, France
** C ...
.
References
{{Maranoa Region
Maranoa Region
Localities in Queensland