Gooroolba
Gooroolba is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Gooroolba had a population of 21 people.
Geography
Gooroolba is in the Wide Bay–Burnett region north of the state capital Brisbane.The Bin Bin Range loosely forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality.
The Gooroolba Biggenden Road enters the locality from the south-west and exits to the north-east.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation with some rural residential housing.
History
The town's name is an abbreviation of the parish name of Gooroolballin, in turn named after the "Gooroolballan" sheep station. Gooroolballan station was established by at least 1857.The extension of the Degilbo to Wetheron in 1906 brought the railway to Gooroolba. A tender was let for construction of a state school in the town in 1910.
Gooroolba Post Office opened by June 1910 and closed in 1973.
Gooroolba State School opened on 18 April 1911. It closed in 1964.
Mingo Crossing Provisional School opened circa July 1913 and was renamed Fleetwood Provisional School later that year. Allawah Provisional School opened on 7 July 1913. The two schools operated as half-time schools, sharing a single teacher between them. Fleetwood Provisional School closed circa 1915 with Allawah Provisional School becoming a full-time school until it closed in 1917.
In 1917, a cyclone caused significant damage to the town, destroying the public hall and partially wrecking the hotel and two private stores.
The Gooroolba War Memorial is located near the railway crossing. Originally erected to commemorate those who served in World War I, the names of those who served in World War II were added later.
Demographics
In the, the locality of Gooroolba had a population of 12 people.In the, the locality of Gooroolba had a population of 21 people.