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Canaga, Queensland

Coordinates: 26°38′50″S 150°54′47″E / 26.6472°S 150.9130°E / -26.6472; 150.9130 (Canaga (centre of locality))
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Canaga
Queensland
Canaga is located in Queensland
Canaga
Canaga
Coordinates26°38′50″S 150°54′47″E / 26.6472°S 150.9130°E / -26.6472; 150.9130 (Canaga (centre of locality))
Population110 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.574/km2 (1.49/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4413
Area191.8 km2 (74.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Canaga:
Pelican Fairyland Fairyland
Burncluith Canaga Jinghi
Chances Plain Wychie
Tuckerang
Langlands

Canaga is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Canaga had a population of 110 people.[1]

History

The locality names is derived from the parish name which in turn was the name of a pastoral run held during the early 1850s by Arthur Lloyd and transferred to Joshua and Alexander Bell in 1853.[2]

Canaga State School opened on November 1911 and closed on 1962.[3] The school was located at 3258 Chinchilla Wondai Road (26°40′31″S 150°55′17″E / 26.6753°S 150.9215°E / -26.6753; 150.9215 (Canaga State School (former))).[4] The site is now a recreation area managed by the Western Downs Regional Council.[5]

In the 2016 census Canaga had a population of 110 people.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Canaga (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Canaga – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 49271)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 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
  4. ^ "Chinchilla" (Map). Queensland Government. 1971. Retrieved 28 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 December 2020.