Old Cooranga, Queensland


Old Cooranga is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Old Cooranga had a population of 27 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the Boyne River while the eastern boundary roughly follows the flow of Coocher Creek. The land along these watercourses is lower and is used for farming, while the north-south spine of the locality rises to unnamed peaks of.
The east and south-east of the locality is within the Pile Gully State Forest which extends into neighbouring Pile Gully.
There is a small amount of irrigated horticulture in the west of the locality near the Boyne River.

History

Cooranga Provisional School opened on Aug 1922 and closed on March 1923.

Education

There are no schools in Old Cooranga. The nearest primary school is in Boynewood. The nearest secondary schools are in Mundubbera and in Gayndah.