Coominglah is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. The land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation. In the , Coominglah had a population of 12 people.

Geography

The Coominglah Range forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. Coominglah has the following mountains: * Mount Margaret () * The Knob () The

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enters the locality from the north ( Lawgi Dawes) and exits to the east ( Coominglah Forest). The land use is

on native vegetation.

History

''Coominglah'' was one of four pastoral runs selected by Adolphus Henry Trevethan in July 1848 following advice from the

Archer brothers The Archer brothers were among the earliest European settlers in Queensland, Australia. They were explorers and pastoralists. Seven sons of William Archer, a Scottish timber merchant, they spent varying amounts of time in the colony of New Sout ...

. It had an estimated area of and an estimated grazing capacity of 4000 sheep. Coominglah State School opened circa December 1939 with teacher Miss Viola Petra Goodfellow. It closed circa 1947. It was on Burns Road (), now within the boundaries of neighbouring Lawgi Dawes.

Demographics

In the , Coominglah had a population of 18 people. In the , Coominglah had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Coominglah. The nearest government primary schools are Monto State School in

Monto Monto was the nickname for the one-time red light district in the northeast of Dublin, Ireland. The Monto was roughly the area bounded by Talbot Street, Amiens Street, Gardiner Street and Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) in ...

to the south-east and Thangool State School in

Thangool Thangool is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Thangool had a population of 685 people. Geography Thangool is north west of the state capital, ...

to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School in Monto.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland