Woolooga Explained

Type:town
Woolooga
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.0516°N 152.3925°W
Pop:310
Established:1910
Postcode:4570
Area:250.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:29.2
Dir1:NE
Location1:Kilkivan
Dist2:46
Dir2:NW
Location2:Gympie
Dist3:211
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Gympie Region
Stategov:Nanango
Stategov2:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:Marodian
Near-Ne:Glen Echo
Near-E:Miva
Near-Se:Sexton
Near-S:Oakview
Lower Wonga
Near-Sw:Kilkivan
Near-W:Mudlo
Near-Nw:Calgoa

Woolooga is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Woolooga had a population of 310 people.

The town is located in the Gympie Region local government area, 221km (137miles) north of the state capital, Brisbane.

Geography

The town is located in the south of the locality. The railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from the east to the south-west through the locality, but the line is no longer operating. The town was served by the Woolooga railway station (-26.0503°N 152.3925°W) while the eastern part was served by the Boowoogum railway station (-26.025°N 152.4211°W), both of which are now abandoned.[3] [4] [5]

The Wide Bay Creek meanders from the south-west of the locality to the east.

History

Around 1848, John Murray decided to become a pastoral squatter and chose to go to the frontier region of Wide Bay-Burnett in the north of the colony of New South Wales to obtain land. Murray occupied the Walooga run about 40 kilometers west of Gympie. To the south was Widgee Widgee taken up by the Tooth brothers, to the south-west Kilkivan occupied by J D MacTaggart, and to the north-west was Henry Cox Corfield's Gigoomgan run.[6] [7] Even though it appears that Murray lived on Walooga up to 1852, he had never met the conditions to hold the rights to the property and in late 1850 it was declared a vacant run.[8] [9] Murray went on to serve with the Australian native police, a paramilitary force, for nearly twenty years.[10]

In 1850 tenders were called for the lease of Crown Lands known as Walooga. The boundaries of the pastoral run were described as:- "To start from Walooga Hut on Kilkivan Creek, west to Mount Warren 2miles; from thence by a line south to a tree marked J; from thence by a line east 12½ miles to a tree marked M; from thence north by a line to the creek ; and from thence to the starting point (Walooga Hut) 10½ miles, it being understood that Kilkivan Creek forms the northern boundary." William Powell became the licensee for the pastoral run of Walooga in May 1854.[11] In 1858 the license for Walooga was transferred to Robert Tooth, who had the license for several adjoining runs severally known as Widgee Widgee.[12] [13] Land use at this time was large-scale wool growing. By 1868 Walooga was described as a vacated sheep station, and in 1869 these runs were transferred to the Bank of New South Wales.[14] [15] In August that year 120,300 acres of the runs that comprised Widgee station were resumed for the purpose of selection.[16] [17]

Woolooga was a site of frontier war in the 1850s and 1860s.[18]

Robert Stuart Lord and his brother Alfred Percy Lord won land in selection ballots in 1875 and 1876.[19] [20]

Woolooga railway station was named in 1886 by the Queensland Railways Department and subsequently became used as the town and locality name. It is reported to be an Aboriginal word from the Kabi language with wului meaning smoke and tha meaning ground/place.Woolooga State School opened on 20 January 1913.

Wonga Upper Provisional School opened on 13 July 1914. On 1 December 1914 it became Wonga Upper State School. It closed in 1959.

The Woolooga Memorial Park commemorates those who served in war. It is located in Thomas Street.[21]

Woolooga was affected by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. A 2m (07feet) wall of water rushed through the town, inundating the public hall and the pub.[22] The general store was also severely damaged by the flood.[23]

Demographics

In the, the locality of Woolooga and the surrounding rural area had a population of 319 people.

In the, the locality of Woolooga had a population of 274 people.

In the, the locality of Woolooga had a population of 247 people.

In the, the locality of Woolooga had a population of 310 people.

Heritage listings

Woolooga has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Woolooga Rail Bridge (-26.0577°N 152.3796°W)[24]

Education

Woolooga State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Edwards Road (-26.0483°N 152.3958°W).[25] [26] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[27]

There is no secondary school. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilkivan State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Kilkivan to the south-west and James Nash State High School in Gympie to the south-east.

Amenities

Woolooga Memorial Park is in Thomas Street (also known as the Bauple Woolooga Road) at the corner of Booker Street (-26.0531°N 152.3927°W).[28] It commemorates those who have served Australia during times of war with their names listed on a brass Honour Roll.[29] [30]

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. 27 December 2020.
  3. 31 August 2016.
  4. 31 August 2016.
  5. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  6. Book: Logan, Dulcie . Where Two Rivers Run: A History of the Kilkivan Shire . Kilkivan Shire Council . 1988 . Kilkivan . 55.
  7. Book: Pedley, Ian . Winds of Change: One Hundred Years in Widgee Shire . Widgee Shire Council . 1979 . Gympie . 16–21.
  8. News: 3 February 1851 . ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. . XXX . 2 . . 4280 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 2 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001523/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12924502 . live .
  9. News: 11 September 1850 . FORFEITED AND VACATED RUNS. . 1412 . . 108 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063129/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230044559 . live .
  10. Web site: Richards . Jonathan . 2005 . "A Question of Necessity" : The Native Police in Queensland . . 94 . 5 February 2023 . 5 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221105054747/https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/365772/02Whole.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y . live .
  11. News: 6 June 1854 . CROWN LANDS BEYOND THE SETTLED DISTRICTS. . 1196 . . 68 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063147/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230696612 . live .
  12. News: 19 May 1858 . TRANSFER OF RUNS. . XII . 3 . . 650 . Queensland, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063142/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3720523 . live .
  13. Web site: Dale . J. D. . 27 July 1978 . WIDGEE - IN THE DAYS OF WIDGEE STATION . University of Queensland . 112.
  14. News: 9 January 1868 . THE ROUTH TO THE GYMPIE DIGGINGS . X . 3 . . 678 . Queensland, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063129/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75523054 . live .
  15. News: 14 January 1869 . LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. . I . 2 . . 110 . Queensland, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063128/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168606983 . live .
  16. News: 28 August 1869 . Advertising . II . 2 . . 184 . Queensland, Australia . 5 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063142/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168606588 . live .
  17. Web site: Dale . J. D. . 27 July 1978 . WIDGEE - IN THE DAYS OF WIDGEE STATION . University of Queensland . 116.
  18. Web site: Dale . J. D. . 27 July 1978 . WIDGEE - IN THE DAYS OF WIDGEE STATION . 5 November 2022 . University of Queensland . 114–115.
  19. News: 13 November 1875 . GYMPIE LAND COURT. . X . 25 . . 13 . Queensland, Australia . 6 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063122/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18339045 . live .
  20. News: 14 November 1876 . Intercolonial. . 4 . . 1912 . Queensland, Australia . 6 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205063133/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148511505 . live .
  21. Web site: Woolooga Memorial Park. Monument Australia. 6 April 2014. 7 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407125653/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92954-woolooga-memorial-park. live.
  22. News: Western areas hit with record rain. 19 January 2011. Gympie Times. 9 January 2011. 14 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114094858/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2011/01/09/western-areas-hit-record-rain/. live.
  23. News: Harch. Christine. Spirit not dampened by floods. 19 January 2011. Gympie Times. 19 January 2011. 20 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110120170258/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2011/01/19/gympie-spirit-not-dampened-by-floods/. live.
  24. 8 July 2013.
  25. Web site: State and non-state school details. Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. live.
  26. Web site: Woolooga State School. 24 March 2021. 14 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210314183853/https://wooloogass.eq.edu.au/. live.
  27. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 28 January 2020. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.
  28. Web site: 20 November 2020. Land for public recreation - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009. 22 November 2020. 22 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  29. Web site: Woolooga Memorial Park. live. 2021-03-24. Monument Australia. 5 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150105200406/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92954-woolooga-memorial-park.
  30. Web site: 2014-06-23. Woolooga and District War Memorial. live. 2021-03-24. Queensland War Memorials Register. en-AU. 9 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200309084438/https://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/memorial.

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