Tangorin is a rural town and
locality
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in the
Flinders Shire,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.
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Indigenous language
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of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River
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, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia
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, Richmond
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, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station, Hughenden, and Tangorin.
History
Tangorin Provisional School opened in 1902 and closed in 1905. Opened in 1902 and after several temporary closures finally closed in 1905.[
Cameron Downs State School opened on 23 January 1967.]
Demographics
In the , the locality of Tangorin had a population of 58 people.
Education
Cameron Downs State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on Cameron Downs School Road off Hughenden-Muttaburra Road ().
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Towns in Queensland
Shire of Flinders (Queensland)
Localities in Queensland