Noorindoo is a rural

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in the

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the ...

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, Australia. In the , Noorindoo had a population of 55 people.

Geography

Bingi Crossing is a ford on the

Balonne River The Balonne River, part of the Murray-Darling Basin system, is a short yet significant part of the inland river group of South West Queensland, Australia. Course and features The river is a continuation of the Condamine River. After flowing th ...

near the current River Road () which connects Noorindoo with neighbouring Warkon.

Road infrastructure

The Carnarvon Highway runs through from south-west to north-west, while the

Surat Developmental Road The Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) is a sealed road in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (numbers 86A and 86B), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). Route descr ...

runs along the southern boundary and the Roma-Condamine Road runs along the northern boundary.

History

The locality takes its name from the parish and lagoon, which in turn come from the pastoral run name, used from before 1858, reportedly the name of an Aboriginal person. Nellybri Provisonal School opened circa 1889. Between about 1896 and 1899 it became a half-time school in conjunction with Retreat Provisional School (meaning the schools shared a single teacher). The school closed in 1906. Nellybri is a pastoral station (). Beranga Bridge School opened circa 1896. It closed circa 1900. Beranga Creek and the Beranga pastoral station are within Noorindoo. In September 1921, a meeting was held at the Frogmoor pastoral station () to apply for a provisional school. Beranga Provisional School opened circa August 1922. It closed temporarily in 1926 due to low student numbers, and closed permanently circa August 1929. St Paul's Anglican Church opened at Bingi Crossing circa 1925. Its last service was 20 December 1942.

References

{{Maranoa Region Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland