Weranga is a rural
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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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 Weranga had a population of 215 people.
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Geography
The Glenmorgan railway line
The Glenmorgan Branch is a railway line in south west Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1908 and 1931. It was intended to reach Surat, Queensland, Surat but construction ceased during the Great Depression in Aus ...
traverses the locality from the south-east ( Kumbarilla) to the south-west ( Goranba). The locality is served by Weranga railway station on the Weranga North Road ().
History
The locality's name is derived from the parish name and from an early pastoral run established in 1848 by John and Alfred Crowder. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning a large gathering of Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...
.[
Weranga Provisional School opened in 1923, but closed in 1924.]
References
{{Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region
Localities in Queensland