Gowrie Station is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Gowrie Station had a population of 11 people.

Geography

The

Warrego River The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the north ...

enters the locality from the north (

Augathella Augathella is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Augathella had a population of 328 people. Geography Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charlevil ...

). Flowing in a southerly direction, it forms part of the south-west boundary of the locality before exiting to the south-west ( Charleville). The Nive River also enters the locality from the north (Augathella) just west of the Warrego River and becomes a tributary of the Warrego River in the north of the locality. The

Mitchell Highway Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of Mitchell Highway forms part of t ...

passes through the locality, entering from the north (Augathella) and exiting from the south-west (Charleville). 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.

Demographics

In the , Gowrie Station had a population of 15 people. In the , Gowrie Station had a population of 11 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gowrie Station. The nearest government primary schools are Augathella State School in neighbouring

to the north and Charleville State School in neighbouring Charleville to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Charleville State High School, also in Charleville. However, students from the north of the locality may be too distant to attend this school; the alternatives are

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and boarding school. There is also a Catholic primary school in Charleville.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Barradeen () * Gowrie () * North Yarrawonga () * Woolabra () * Yarrawonga ()

References

{{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland