Bauhinia, Queensland
Bauhinia is a rural town in the Central Highlands Region and a rural locality split between the Central Highlands Region and the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda, both in Queensland, Australia.
In the, the locality of Bauhinia had a population of 28 people.
Geography
The town is located near the junction of the Dawson Highway and the Fitzroy Developmental Road. The bulk of the locality is within Central Highlands Region, but the south-east of the locality is part of the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda.The land use is crop growing around the Zamia Creek in the east and south-east of the locality. Apart from that, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History
Bauhinia State School opened on 20 March 1967. In 2017, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.Demographics
In the, the locality of Bauhinia had a population of 47 people.In the, the locality of Bauhinia had a population of 28 people.
Education
Bauhinia State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 11559 Fitzroy Development Road. In 2013, the school had 15 students and 2 teachers. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 22 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff.There are no secondary schools in Bauhinia; the nearest government secondary school is Moura State High School in Moura to the east, but it is sufficiently distant that alternatives would be distance education and boarding school.