Wycombe is a rural
locality
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in the
Maranoa Region
Maranoa Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma, Queensland, Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region.
In the , the Maranoa Region had a population of 1 ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Wycombe had a population of 39 people.
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History
The locality name derives from a pastoral run name, named by pastoralist John Beckett after his birthplace in High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ...
, Buckinghamshire
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, England.[
Whycombe Provisional School and Waroo Provisional School both opened in 1902 as a half-time provisional schools in conjunction (meaning the schools shared a single teacher). Whycombe Provisional School closed in 1907 and Warroo Provisional School became a full-time school, but then closed too circa 1910.]
Demographics
In the , Wycombe had a population of 36 people.
Education
There are no schools in Wycombe. The nearest government primary school is Begonia State School in neighbouring Begonia
''Begonia'' is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown ...
to the west. The nearest government secondary school is St George State High School in neighbouring St George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the R ...
to the south, but the distances involved are sufficiently large that distance education
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and boarding school are other alternatives.
References
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Maranoa Region
Localities in Queensland