Womalilla, Queensland
Womalilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Womalilla had a population of 72 people.
Geography
Womalilla Creek rise through the locality in the north-west and flows south-east to become a tributary of the Maranoa River.The Warrego Highway runs through from east to west.
The Western railway line runs from east to west, south of the highway.
Ooline railway station was in the north-west north of the locality and is the highest point on the Western Railway Line between Kingsthorpe and Charleville.
It was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 11 May 1916 and is an Aboriginal word describing a particular species of tree.
History
The town's name is derived from a pastoral run name used from 1862, reportedly an Aboriginal word group for trees by a creek.Womalilla Creek No 1 Provisional School and Womalilla Creek No 2 Provisional School were to be opened together in 1913 to operate as a pair of part-time schools.
Demographics
In the, the locality of Womalilla had a population of 39 people.In the, the locality of Womalilla had a population of 72 people.