Gogango


Gogango is a small town and a locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Gogango is in Central Queensland. The Capricorn Highway traverses the south of the locality passing through the town. The Central Western railway line also traverses the south of the locality mostly parallel and to the immediate north of the highway. The town is serviced by the Gogango railway station.
The Fitzroy River flows from west to east through the centre of the locality. Gogango Creek flows from south to north through the town and is a tributary of the Fitzroy River.
The principal land use is farming, mostly grazing cattle.

History

Goganjo Provisional School opened in 1874 but closed circa 1878. In 1888 it renamed under the name Gogango Provisional School becoming Gogango State School on 1 January 1909.
On 29 November 1950, the Gogango hall held an Ambulance Ball. People from Westwood, Mt Morgan and Rockhampton attended.
In the 2010-11 Queensland floods the Fitzroy River which passes through the area of Gogango rose to 28 meters. Gogango Creek also flooded, stopping traffic on the Capricorn Highway. The Capricorn highway was also flooded for more than 12 hours in January 2013. In February 2015, Cyclone Marcia caused heavy rainfall which led to Gogango creek rising over the highway.
At the 2011 census, Gogango and the surrounding area had a population of 310.

Infrastructure

The site for the proposed Rookwood weir is located on the Fitzroy River in the Gogango area, about 15 km from the township. When completed the $72 million weir will hold over 100 thousand megalitres. The Weir will be built over 2 stages, The first stage will be 17 metres high and the second stage will be 0.5 metre, With a complete height of 17.5 meters, inundating 1,930 hectares.

Education

Gogango State School is a primary school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government at 10 Wills Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 9 students with 3 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff.
A bus travels out from Rockhampton to transport high school students back to South Rockhampton High School.

Facilities

Gogango has one public park, it is located at the corner of Third Street and Wills Street.

Notable people