Type: | suburb |
Bungaban | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -25.9233°N 150.1855°W |
Pop: | 60 |
Postcode: | 4419 |
Area: | 858.6 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 41.5 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Wandoan |
Dist2: | 60.4 |
Dir2: | SE |
Location2: | Taroom |
Dist3: | 209 |
Dir3: | NE |
Location3: | Roma |
Dist4: | 235 |
Dir4: | NW |
Location4: | Dalby |
Dist5: | 446 |
Dir5: | NW |
Location5: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Western Downs Region |
Stategov: | Callide |
Fedgov: | Maranoa |
Near-N: | Cockatoo |
Near-Ne: | Sujeewong |
Near-E: | Auburn |
Near-Se: | Auburn |
Near-S: | Roche Creek |
Near-Sw: | Roche Creek |
Near-W: | Grosmont |
Near-Nw: | Taroom |
Bungaban is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Bungaban had a population of 60 people.
The Leichhardt Highway runs past the western extremity.
Bungaban has the following mountains:
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000.[6] [7] It was located in the south of neighbouring Cockatoo, but now within Bungaban at 1473 Ponty Pool Road (-25.7901°N 150.2604°W).[8]
In the, Bungaban had a population of 52 people.
In the, Bungaban had a population of 60 people.
There are no schools in Bungaban. The nearest government schools are:[9]
There is no secondary schooling to Year 12 available nearby and some parts of the north-east of the locality are too distant for secondary schooling to Year 10. The options are distance education and boarding school.
The Bungaban Wind Energy project is a proposal for $3.9 billion wind farm capable of generating 1.4GW of electricity to be used for both local consumption and to power mineral processing in the Gladstone area.[10]