Wura 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

Rockhampton Region The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount ...

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, Australia. In the , Wura had a population of 17 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east, south-east, and south by the Dee River. The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs between its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, and Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The ...

enters the locality from the north ( Oakey Creek) and exits to the south-west ( Dululu).

History

The locality takes its name from its former railway station, which is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern ...

''. The Dawson Valley railway line from Mount Morgan to Wowan opened on 16 October 1912 with Wura being served by: * Konara railway station () * Gelobera railway station () * Wura railway station () This section of the line closed on 1 August 1987 and the station is now abandoned. Konara State School opened in 1919. It closed in 1927. It was north of the Konara railway station, between the railway line and the Dee River, just south of the confluence with Fletcher Creek (approx ), now in Oakey Creek. Wura State School opened on 10 March 1924 and closed circa 1944. It was between the Wura railway station and the Dee River (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Wura had a population of 15 people. In the , Wura had a population of 17 people.

Education

There are no school in Wura. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Morgan Central State School in Mount Morgan to the north-east and Wowan State School in Wowan to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is

Mount Morgan State High School Mount Morgan State High School is a heritage-listed state high school and technical college at 4 Central Street, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1908. It was formerly known as Mount Morgan Technical Co ...

, also in Mount Morgan.

References

{{Rockhampton Region Suburbs of Rockhampton Region Localities in Queensland