Ebagoola is a town in the

Shire of Cook The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland. It covers an area ...

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, Australia. The town is within the locality of Yarraden.

Ebagoola Township and Battery

The town was surveyed in 1900 by James Dickie. Ebagoola is the site of the Ebagoola Township and Battery, a former

mining camp A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry. Historical mining communities Australia * Ballarat, Victoria * Bendig ...

built from 1900 until 1913, which was added to the

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on 15 May 2006. Ebagoolah Provisional School opened in 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Ebagoolah State School. It closed in 1914. Today, only a single building from the era still stands.

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