Ottaba is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Ottaba had a population of 54 people.

Geography

The mountain Ottaba is in the () rises to in the east of the locality. The

Brisbane Valley Highway The Brisbane Valley Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It links the Warrego Highway near Ipswich and the D'Aguilar Highway about north of Harlin. Its direction follows the approximate course of the Brisbane River. It is par ...

enters the locality from the south ( Biarra) and exits to the north ( Toogoolawah). Ottaba railway station is an abandoned railway station () on the dismantled

Brisbane Valley railway line The Brisbane Valley railway line was a railway connection in Queensland, Australia connecting Ipswich, west of Brisbane, to the upper Brisbane River valley. Progressively opened between 1884 and 1913, the railway provided a vital transport link ...

History

On 26 February 1904, 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 ...

named the former railway station in the area ''Ottaba'', which is a

Wakawaka language The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia.Dungibara dialect meaning ''come on''. Anthropologist Walter Edmund Roth is believed to have suggested the name. The locality takes its name from the former railway station. Newton Provisional School opened on 15 September 1898. In 1905, it was renamed Ottaba Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Ottaba State School. It closed temporarily in 1924. It permanently closed circa 1936. In the , Ottaba had a population of 54 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ottaba. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Toogoolawah State School and Toogoolawah State High School, both in neighbouring Toogoolawah to the north.

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