Tangorin
Tangorin is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.
Indigenous language
Jirandali is an Australian Aboriginal language of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia, Richmond, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station, Hughenden, and Tangorin.History
Tangorin Provisional School opened in 1902 and closed in 1905, after several temporary closures.Cameron Downs State School opened on 23 January 1967.
Demographics
In the, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 58 people.In the, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.
Education
Cameron Downs State School is a government primary school for boys and girls on Cameron Downs School Road off Hughenden-Muttaburra Road. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff.Hughenden State School is a government primary and secondary school in neighbouring Hughenden to the north.
However, some parts of Tangorin would be too distant to attend one or both of these schools. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.