Marodian is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Marodian had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The Brooweena - Woolooga Road enters the locality from the north ( Gigoomgan) and exits to the south ( Woolooga). Almost all of the locality is occupied by the Marodian pastoral station, where the land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the parish name, which in turn is derived from the name of a pastoral run held by James and Norman Leith Hay in 1852. The pastoral run name might come from the

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word ''maridhan'' meaning ''place of kangaroos''. In 1867, the Marodian area was suspected of having gold due to geological similarities with other gold-bearing areas. There were early finds of alluvial gold at Colo Flats and Yorkey’s Hill. In 1884, the Queensland Surveyor General, A. C. Gregory, continued to promote the likelihood of gold in the Marodian area. In 1901, the Marodian Gold Mining Syndicate dug a shaft down to . In 1902, interest in the goldfield was still low with 109 people on the goldfield compared with over 14,000 on the

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goldfields. In 1903, the Marodian Gold Mining Company established a mining lease of , but operations had ceased by 1904.

Demographics

In the , Marodian had "no people or a very low population". In the , Marodian had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Marodian. The nearest government primary schools are: * Brooweena State School in

Brooweena Brooweena is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Brooweena had a population of 91 people. Geography The town is located in the Wide Bay–Burnett area and is north of the state ...

to the north * Theebine State School in

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to the south-east * Woolooga State School in neighbouring Woolooga to the south The nearest government secondary schools are: * Kilkivan State School (to Year 10) in Kilkivan to the south * James Nash State School (to Year 12) in

to the south-east

References

{{Fraser Coast Region Fraser Coast Region Localities in Queensland