Gore, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°17′38″S 151°29′23″E / 28.2938°S 151.4897°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 322.2 km2 (124.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 24 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0745/km2 (0.193/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4352 | ||||||||||||
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Gore is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Gore had a population of 24 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from the east (Karara) to the south-west (Oman Ama). The South Western railway line also passes through the locality from the east (Karara) to the south-west (Oman Ama) roughly parallel to the highway. The town of Gore is located on the south-eastern boundary of the locality and both the highway and the railway pass through it with the town being served by Gore railway station.[4][5]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[5]
History
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The town was named after St George Richard Gore, the original lessee of Yandilla pastoral run in 1842.[3]
Gore State School opened on 20 January 1913. In 1927 it became Maxhill State School and then in 1937 Cement Mills State School. It closed in 1975.[6] (The present-day locality of Cement Mills is immediately to the south-east of Gore.)
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, the locality of Gore had a population of 36 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Gore had a population of 24 people.[1]
Education
[edit]There are no schools in Gore. The nearest government primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the north-east and Inglewood State School in Inglewood to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the east.[5] Given the distance to Warwick, distance education and boarding schools are other options.[8]
Amenities
[edit]There is a petrol station with post office facilities in the town.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gore (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gore – town in Goondiwindi Region (entry 14398)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- 1 2 "Gore – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 49641)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Gore – railway station in the Goondiwindi Region (entry 14401)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gore (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Distance Education". Education. Queensland Government. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
