Kokotungo, Queensland

Kokotungo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the, Kokotungo had a population of 89 people.

Geography

The Dawson Valley (Theodore) railway line passes through the locality from the east and travels slightly south-west across the locality passing through the three railway stations:

before exiting to the south-west. The railway line has now closed and the stations are abandoned.

Kokotungo is an Aboriginal name for a local hill and was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department to the railway station in June 1916. The section of the Dawson Valley railway line from Rannes to Baralaba opened on 30 July 1917.
Town lots were sold in the town of Kokotungo beside the railway station in February 1938.
Kokotungo State School opened in the town on 6 November 1939 and closed on 27 January 1969. It was on a site on the southern side of the Baralaba Rannes Road.
A branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association was active in Kokotungo from at least 1957 to 1971. The branch published a recipe book in 1959.

In the, Kokotungo had a population of 100 people.
In the, Kokotungo had a population of 89 people.

There are no schools in Kokotungo. The nearest government primary schools are:

The nearest government secondary schools are Baralaba State School and Moura State High School in Moura to the south. However, most of Kokotungo is too distant for a daily commute to Moura; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.

Notable people from Kokotungo include:

Alwyn Torenbeek, drover, horse whisperer, endurance rider, bronc rider and author