Guluguba, Queensland
| Guluguba Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Cafe at Guluguba on the Leichhardt Highway, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 86 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4418 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 434.1 km2 (167.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Guluguba is both a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
Geography
Guluguba is located on the Leichhardt Highway, north of Miles and south of Wandoan.[4]
History
The name Guluguba is thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning squatter pigeon.[2][3]
Guluguba Post Office opened by 1916 (a receiving office had been open from 1915).[5]
Guluguba Provisional School opened on 1 February 1917 on a half-time basis with Downfall Creek Provisional School which opened in March 1917. When the Downfall Creek school closed in 1918, Guluguba became a full-time school.[6]
In 1940 at Downfall Creek, the local Lutheran community established a Lutheran Day School. Meanwhile, Guluguba State School had two temporary closures in 1942 and 1944 due to a lack of teacher accommodation.[6]
In 1957, the Queensland Education Department was willing to provide a teacher to Downfall Creek so the Lutheran Church school became Downfall Creek Provisional School once again. It finally closed in 1962.[6]
In the 2011 census, Guluguba was counted together with neighbouring Wandoan and had a combined population of 655.[7]
Education
Guluguba State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at Fosters Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 equivalent full-time).[8]
Notable people
- Deb Frecklington, Queensland's Leader ot the Opposition (12/12/2017 - Present), attended Guluguba State School [9]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Guluguba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Guluguba (town) (entry 14951)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Guluguba (locality) (entry 47706)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ a b c Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wandoan (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Guluguba State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Meet Deb". Deb Frecklington MP. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Further reading
- Bahnisch, Lyn; Stiller, Doris; Guluguba State School. Anniversary Committee (1992), Schools beside the track : 1917-1992 : celebrating the 75th anniversary of Guluguba State School : a history of Guluguba, Gurulmundi, Giligulgul and Downfall Creek Schools, Guluguba State School Anniversary Committee, ISBN 978-0-646-11955-7
- Partlett, Launa (1986), Guluguba pioneers : stories from a Queensland rural community, ISBN 978-0-9588195-0-3
- Stiller, Colin (2012), Those were the days, C. H. Stiller, ISBN 978-0-646-57299-4
External links
Media related to Guluguba, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
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