Old Cooranga is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

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, Australia. In the , Old Cooranga had a population of 29 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the Boyne River while the eastern boundary roughly follows the flow of Coocher Creek. The land along these watercourses is lower ( at the Boyne River) and is used for farming, while the north–south spine of the locality rises to unnamed peaks of . The east and south-east of the locality is within the Pile Gully State Forest which extends into neighbouring Pile Gully. 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 with some irrigated horticulture in the west of the locality near the Boyne River.

History

Cooranga Provisional School opened on 14 August 1922 and closed in March 1923.

Demographics

In the , Old Cooranga had a population of 27 people. In the , Old Cooranga had a population of 29 people.

Education

There are no schools in Old Cooranga. The nearest government primary school is Boynewood State School in Boynewood to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Mudubbera State College (to Year 10) in

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although ...

to the north-west and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in

Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ...

to the north-east.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland