Baking Board is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Baking Board had a population of 114 people.

Geography

Baking Board railway station is an abandoned railway station on the Western railway line ().

History

The locality's name comes from Bakingboard Creek, reportedly so named because a piece of bark was found there and used as a

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mixing board. Baking Board State School opened on 15 May 1909. It closed for a short period in 1930 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently on 1 August 1961. It was located near the

Warrego Highway The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...

(approx ). In 1914, a Methodist church was opened in Baking Board. By 1965, it had closed and been relocated to Wandoan.

Demographics

In the Baking Board had a population of 97 people. In the , Baking Board had a population of 114 people.

Education

There are no schools in Baking Board. The nearest government primary school is Chinchilla State School in neighbouring

Chinchilla Chinchilla refers to either of two species ('' Chinchilla chinchilla'' and '' Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "her ...

to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Chinchilla State High School, also in Chinchilla.

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