Gootchie, Queensland


Gootchie is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.

Geography

The Bruce Highway enters the locality at the south-west and forms the south-east boundary of the locality, then passes through the locality travelling north, and then forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality before exiting to the north-west.
The Bauple Woolooga Road forms part of the northern boundary of the locality while the Old Gympie Road forms the north-western boundary of the locality.
The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the west and exits to the north-west. The locality was served by the now-abandoned Gootchie Creek railway station.
The land use is a mix of rural activities including grazing on native vegetation, plantation forestry, and crop growing.

History

The locality name comes from a grazing property and the railway station name formerly spelt Gutchy. It is reportedly an Aboriginal word from the Kabi language, Badjala dialect, meaning sand goanna.
Gootchie Provisional School opened on 1 June 1874. It closed on 30 April 1879, but reopened on 1 May 1885. It closed again in 1894, but reopened on 2 December 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Gootchie State School. It closed permanently in 1933.
Kannagan Provisional School opened on 6 July 1896. By 1898, the spelling of the name had changed to be Kanighan Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Kanighan State School. About 1946, the spelling changed to Kanigan State School. It closed in 1959. It was on the western corner of the junction of Kanyan Road and the Bruce Highway, now within the present-day boundaries of Gootchie.

Demographics

In the, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.
In the, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gootchie. The nearest government primary schools are:
The nearest government secondary schools are: