Womalilla is a rural town and
locality
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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 ...
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, Australia.
In the , the locality of Womalilla had a population of 39 people.
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Geography
Womalilla Creek
Womalilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Womalilla had a population of 39 people.
Geography
Womalilla Creek rise through the locality in the north-west and flows south-east ...
rise through the locality in the north-west and flows south-east to become a tributary of the Maranoa River
The Maranoa River, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is a river situated in South West Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Formed by the confluence of the west and east branches of the river, the Maranoa River rises on the Consuelo Table ...
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The Warrego Highway
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...
runs through from east to west. The Western railway line runs from east to west, sout of the highway. Ooline railway station was in the north-west north of the locality (). It was named by 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 ...
on 11 May 1916 and is an Aboriginal word describing a particular species of tree.
History
The town's name is derived from a pastoral run name used from 1862, reportedly an Aboriginal word group for ''trees by a creek'' (from ''womal'' meaning ''tree/timber'' and ''illa'' meaning ''creek'').[
Womalilla Creek No 1 Provisional School and Womalilla Creek No 2 Provisional School were to be opened together in 1913 to operate as a pair of part-time schools (meaning they would share one teacher between the two schools. However, the No 2 school opened on 24 August 1913 but it was not until 3 July 1914 that the No 1 school opened. Both schools closed in 1929 due to low student numbers.][
On 17 April 1935, the new Womalilla Provisional School opened and operated on a full-time basis. In 1937, it became Womalilla State School. The school closed in 1954.]
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Towns in Queensland
Maranoa Region
Localities in Queensland