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Gooburrum is a rural
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in the
Bundaberg Region The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surroundin ...
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Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. In the , Gooburrum had a population of 1,518 people. The neighbourhood of Tantitha is within the locality ().


Geography

The
Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...
forms a small part of the eastern boundary.


History

St Mark's Anglican Church opened in 1880. It closed on 15 February 2020 following a service conducted by Bishop Jeremy Greaves, the Bishop of the Northern Region of the Brisbane Diocese. St Mark's Anglican Church is at 1280 Moore Park Road (). The church's bell was donated by Misses M and V Aiken of "Rutherglen", where it has been used to summon the Kanaka labourers. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Tantitha pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. Gooburrum State School opened on 3 March 1884.


Demographics

In the , Gooburrum had a population of 1,442 people. In the , it had a population of 1,518 people.


Education

Gooburrum State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 14 Gooburrum Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 132 students with 8 teachers (7 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Gooburrum. The nearest secondary school is in neighbouring Bundaberg North.


See also

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Shire of Gooburrum The Shire of Gooburrum was a Local government in Australia, local government area to the north and west of the regional city of Bundaberg, Queensland, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of . It was administered from Bund ...


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