Goowarra is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Goowarra had a population of 27 people.

Geography

The

Capricorn Highway The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. The highway is long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine. Formerly National Route 66, Queensland began ...

passes through the locality from the south-east (

Wallaroo Wallaroo is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies, that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. The word "wallaroo" is from the Dharug ''walaru'' wi ...

) to the south-west (

Dingo The dingo (either included in the species ''Canis familiaris'', or considered one of the following independent taxa: ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient (basal (phylogenetics), basal) lineage ...

). The

Central Western railway line The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton and extends west to Winton. History Following the separation of Queensl ...

also passes through the locality to the immediate north of the highway, with the locality being served once being served by the now-abandoned Goowarra railway station (). The predominant 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.

History

Bridgewater Provisional School opened on 1900. In 1901 it was renamed Goowarra Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Goowarra State School. It had a number of temporary closures due to low student numbers before closing permanently in 1924. Mourindilla Provisional School opened on 1921 but closed circa 1924. Mourindilla is a pastoral property in the north of the locality ().

Demographics

In the , Goowarra had a population of 19 people. In the , Goowarra had a population of 27 people.

Education

There are no schools in Goowarra. The nearest primary school is Dingo State School in neighbouring Dingo to the west. The nearest secondary school is Blackwater State High School in Blackwater to the west.

References

{{Central Highlands Region Central Highlands Region Localities in Queensland