Calgoa, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Calgoa is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Calgoa had a population of 14 people.
Geography
Calgoa Creek enters the locality from the south-west (Mudlo), meanders through the locality before forming the north-eastern boundary of the locality, exiting to the east (Marodian). It is ultimately a tributary of the Mary River.
Calgoa Road enters the locality from the east (Marodian).
Two sections of Grongah National Park are in the south-west and south of the locality, extending into neighbouring Tansey and Mudlo and beyond. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History
Calgoa Provisional School opened as a part-time school (meaning a teacher was shared between the two schools) on 29 January 1935, but closed on 18 April 1935. It reopened on 10 April 1938. In 1952, it became Calgoa State School, relocating to a new 3-acre (1.2 ha) site donated by Mr V. G. Turner with a school building relocated from the then-closed Brooyar State School.
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