Wooroonden
Queensland
Wooroonden State School, 2011
Wooroonden is located in Queensland
Wooroonden
Wooroonden
Coordinates26°06′47″S 151°45′35″E / 26.1130°S 151.7597°E / -26.1130; 151.7597 (Wooroonden (centre of locality))
Population59 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.973/km2 (5.11/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4605
Area29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Wooroonden:
Stonelands Glenrock Glenrock
Stonelands Wooroonden Glenrock
Marshlands Silverleaf Cloyna

Wooroonden is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Wooroonden had a population of 59 people.[1]

History

Wooroon State School opened in 1917. In 1919 the spelling was changed to Woroon State School. In 1925 it was renamed Woroonden State School. It closed in 1963.[3]

The district was originally known as Woroonden but on advice from the Murgon Shire Council on 24 January 2002, the locality name spelling was officially made Wooroonden.[2]

In the 2016 census Wooroonden had a population of 59 people.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wooroonden (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Wooroonden – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46284)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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