Canaga is a rural
locality
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in the
Western Downs Region
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Queensland
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In the , Canaga had a population of 85 people.
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Geography
The Chinchilla–Wondai Road
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runs through from west to east.
History
The locality names is derived from the parish name which in turn was the name of a pastoral run held during the early 1850s by Arthur Lloyd and transferred to Joshua
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
and Alexander Bell in 1853.[
Canaga State School opened in November 1911 and closed on 1962.] The school was located at 3258 Chinchilla Wondai Road (). The site is now a recreation area managed by the Western Downs Regional Council
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 ...
.
Demographics
In the , Canaga had a population of 110 people.
In the , Canaga had a population of 85 people.
Education
There are no schools in Canaga. The nearest government primary schools are:
* Burra Burri State School in Burra Burri to the north-east
* Jandowae State School in Jandowae
Jandowae is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jandowae had a population of 1,004 people.
Geography
The town is west of the Brisbane. the capital of the state of Queensland ...
to the south-east
* Brigalow State School in Brigalow
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to the south
* Chinchilla State School in Chinchilla
Chinchilla refers to either of two species ('' Chinchilla chinchilla'' and '' Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "her ...
to the south-west
The nearest government secondary school is Jandowae State School (to Year 10) in Jandowae and Chinchilla State High School (to Year 12) in Chinchilla.
References
Further reading
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Western Downs Region
Localities in Queensland