Tarong, Queensland
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  Tarong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°46′02″S 151°50′38″E / 26.7671°S 151.844°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 193 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4615 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Tarong is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]
The area is best known for the Tarong Power Station which is located next to the Meandu Mine.
History
The name Tarong derives from the name of a pastoral run first used in 1850; it is probably based on an Aboriginal word tarum meaning wild lime tree.[2]
In April 1921, two subdivisions at Nanango and Tarong Estate and Township were advertised for auction by John Darley and Isles, Love and Co. The Tarong Estate, twelve miles from Nanango and Tarong Railway Station offered 25 agricultural farms and 62 town allotments while the Grange Estate, eleven miles from Nanango and 18 miles from Kingaroy in the Parish of Booie offered 15 dairy farms.[3][4]
Heritage listings
Tarong has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Cooyar Road: Tarong Homestead[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tarong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Tarong (entry 46271)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Two important subdivisions at Nanango and Tarong Township" (Document). hdl:10462/deriv/282116.
{{cite document}}: Cite document requires|publisher=(help) - ^ "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander. No. 2848. Queensland, Australia. 2 April 1921. p. 13. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tarong Homestead (entry 600759)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
