Mooga, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°23′56″S 149°01′35″E / 26.399016°S 149.026348°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 169.4 km2 (65.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 49 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.2893/km2 (0.749/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4413 | ||||||||||||
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Mooga is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mooga had a population of 30 people.[1]
The Roma-Taroom Road forms part of the north-western boundary on the locality.[3]
On the surface, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with small amounts of crop growing. Coal seam gas is extracted from beneath the surface throughout the locality.[4]
History
The name Mooga was derived from the pastoral run name, which was an Aboriginal word in the Mandandanji language, meaning kingfisher.[2]
Mooga Provisional School opened on 1 August 1904. It was described in 1905 as having "practical, intelligent, and resourceful methods of teaching" making it "the best taught provisional school in the district".[5] On 1 January 1909, it became Mooga State School. It closed on 18 April 1937.[6][7] It was on the northern side of Mountainview Road, within the present-day locality of neighbouring Euthulla (26°22′07″S 148°49′01″E / 26.36873°S 148.81698°E).[8][9]
