Tangorin
Town in Queensland, Australia
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Tangorin is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.[1]
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Cameron Downs State School, eating area with fans to chase the flies away, 2025 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 21.7608°S 144.2205°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 5,705.6 km2 (2,202.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 47 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00824/km2 (0.02134/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4821 | ||||||||||||
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Indigenous language
Jirandali (also known as Yirandali, Warungu, Yirandhali) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia, Richmond, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station, Hughenden, and Tangorin.[4]
History
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 58 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Tangorin had a population of 47 people.[1]
Education
Cameron Downs State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on Cameron Downs School Road off Hughenden-Muttaburra Road (21.3745°S 144.2788°E).[7][8] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff.[9]
Hughenden State School is a government primary and secondary school (to Year 12) in neighbouring Hughenden to the north.[10]
However, some parts of Tangorin would be too distant to attend one or both of these schools. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[11]
