Bungaban is a rural

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in the

Western Downs Region Western Downs Region is a Local government in Australia, 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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Bungaban had a population of 60 people.

Geography

The

Leichhardt Highway The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway. It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 k ...

runs past the western extremity. Bungaban has the following mountains: * Kennedy Peak (), rising to above sea level * Mount Misery (), * The Sisters (),

History

Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. It was located in the south of neighbouring

Cockatoo A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea ( true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up t ...

, but now within Bungaban at 1473 Ponty Pool Road ().

Demographics

In the , Bungaban had a population of 52 people. In the , Bungaban had a population of 60 people.

Education

There are no schools in Bungaban. The nearest government schools are: * Grosmont State School (Prep to Year 6) in neighbouring Grosmont to the west * Taroom State School (Prep to Year 10) in neighbouring

Taroom Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Taroom had a population of 885 people. Geography The t ...

to the north-west * Wandoan State School (Prep to Year 10) in

Wandoan Wandoan is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Juandah. It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles and is the centre for the local cattle industry. In the ...

to the south There is no secondary schooling to Year 12 available nearby and some parts of the north-east of the locality are too distant for secondary schooling to Year 10. The options are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and boarding school.

Economy

The Bungaban Wind Energy project is a proposal for $3.9 billion wind farm capable of generating 1.4GW of electricity to be used for both local consumption and to power mineral processing in the

Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...

area.

References

{{Western Downs Region Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland