Ebagoola, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Ebagoola
State:qld
Coordinates:-14.3036°N 143.265°W
Postcode:4892
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Shire of Cook
Stategov:Cook
Fedgov:Leichhardt

Ebagoola is a town in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[1] The town is within the locality of Yarraden.

Ebagoola Township and Battery

See main article: Ebagoola Township and Battery. The town was surveyed in 1900 by James Dickie.[1]

Ebagoola is the site of the Ebagoola Township and Battery, a former mining camp built from 1900 until 1913, which was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 15 May 2006.[2]

Ebagoolah Provisional School opened in 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Ebagoolah State School. It closed in 1914.

Today, only a single building from the era still stands.

Notes and References

  1. 8 January 2020.
  2. 8 January 2020.