Wangan is a town and a

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in the Cassowary Coast Region,

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Wangan had a population of 612 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by the south branch of Bamboo Creek and to the south-east by Scheu Creek. The town is central within the locality. Outside of the town, the land is used for crop-growing, predominately

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. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-east ( Stockton), passes along the western edge of the town, and exits to the north-east (Mundoo). The Wangan railway station on the North Coast line is now abandoned (). There is a network of cane tramways through the locality for transporting the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill. The Currajah railway siding () in on this network.

History

Mundoo Provisional School opened on 5 August 1895. It became Mundoo State School on 1 January 1909. St Paul's Catholic Church was built in 1956 from timber. It later closed. It was in Meyer Street (approx ).

Demographics

In the , the locality of Wangan had a population of 641 people. In the , the locality of Wangan had a population of 612 people.

Education

Mundoo State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 100 Cardier Road () on the boundary with neighbouring Mundoo. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 27 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 47 students. There are no secondary schools in Wangan. The nearest government secondary school is

Innisfail State College Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010 ...

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to the north.

Community groups

The East Palmerston branch of the

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meets at the Currajah Hotel in Grima Street.

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