Ottaba, Queensland


Ottaba is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Ottaba had a population of 52 people.

Geography

The mountain Ottaba is in the east of the locality, rising to above sea level.
The Brisbane Valley Highway enters the locality from the south and exits to the north.
Ottaba railway station is an abandoned railway station on the dismantled Brisbane Valley railway line.

History

On 26 February 1904, the Queensland Railways Department named the former railway station in the area Ottaba, which is a Wakawaka language word in the Dungibara dialect meaning come on. Anthropologist Walter Edmund Roth is believed to have suggested the name. The locality takes its name from the former railway station.
Newton Provisional School opened on 15 September 1898. In 1905, it was renamed Ottaba Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Ottaba State School. It closed temporarily in 1924. It permanently closed circa 1936.

Demographics

In the, Ottaba had a population of 54 people.
In the, Ottaba had a population of 52 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ottaba. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Toogoolawah State School and Toogoolawah State High School, both in neighbouring Toogoolawah to the north.