Mooga is a rural
locality
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in the
Maranoa Region
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Mooga had a population of 30 people.
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Geography
The Roma-Taroom Road forms part of the north-western boundary on the locality.
On the surface, the land use is predominantly grazing
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on native vegetation with small amounts of crop growing. Coal seam gas
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is extracted from beneath the surface throughout the locality.
History
The name ''Mooga'' was derived from the pastoral run name, which was an Aboriginal word in the Mandandanji language
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, meaning ''kingfisher''.[
Mooga Provisional School opened on 1 August 1904. It was described in 1905 as having "practical, intelligent, and resourceful methods of teaching" making it "the best taught provisional school in the district". On 1 January 1909, it became Mooga State School. It closed on 18 April 1937.]
Demographics
In the , Mooga had a population of 17 people.
Education
There are no schools in Mooga. The nearest government schools are Wallumbilla State School (Prep to Year 10) in Wallumbilla to the south-east and Roma State College (Prep to Year 12) in Roma
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to the south-west. Students in the north-east of Mooga may be too distant for a daily commute to Roma; the alternatives are distance education
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and boarding school.
References
{{Maranoa Region
Maranoa Region
Localities in Queensland