Bungaban, Queensland

Bungaban is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Bungaban had a population of 60 people.

Geography

The Leichhardt Highway runs past the western extremity.
Bungaban has the following mountains:

History

Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. It was located in the south of neighbouring Cockatoo, but now within Bungaban at 1473 Ponty Pool Road.

Demographics

In the, Bungaban had a population of 52 people.
In the, Bungaban had a population of 60 people.

Education

There are no schools in Bungaban. The nearest government schools are:

Grosmont State School in neighbouring Grosmont to the west
Taroom State School in neighbouring Taroom to the north-west
Wandoan State School in Wandoan to the south

There is no secondary schooling to Year 12 available nearby and some parts of the north-east of the locality are too distant for secondary schooling to Year 10. The options are distance education and boarding school.

Economy

The Bungaban Wind Energy project is a proposal for $3.9 billion wind farm capable of generating 1.4GW of electricity to be used for both local consumption and to power mineral processing in the Gladstone area.