Coomoo is a rural

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in the

Central Highlands Region Central Highlands Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. In the , the Central Highlands Region had a population of 27,836 people. History '' Wadja'' (also known as ''Wadjigu'', ''Wadya'', ''Wadjainngo'', ''Mandalgu'', a ...

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, Australia. In the , Coomoo had a population of 24 people.

Geography

The Dawson Range forms the south-western boundary of the locality. The

Fitzroy Developmental Road The Fitzroy Developmental Road is a designated road in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland consisting of three separate sections. The general direction is from south to north. It is nicknamed the Beef Road. Route description Southern sec ...

enter the locality from the south ( Woorabindai /

Mimosa ''Mimosa'' is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique, and ...

), runs north through the locality, exiting to the north (

Wallaroo Wallaroo is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies, that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. The word "wallaroo" is from the Dharug ''walaru'' wi ...

Duaringa Duaringa is a rural town in the Central Highlands Region and a locality split between the Central Highlands Region and the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda in Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Duaringa had a population of 26 ...

). The Dawson Range State Forest occupies the south and south-west of the locality. Apart from this

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, the land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

Demographics

In the , Coomoo had a population of 23 people. In the , Coomoo had a population of 24 people.

Education

There are no schools in Coomoo. The nearest government primary school is Duaringa State School in neighbouring

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Baralaba State School (to Year 10) in

Baralaba Baralaba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana in central Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Baralaba had a population of 324 people. Geography The Dawson River forms the western boundary of the locality. The town ...

to the south-east, but most parts of Coomoo would be too distant to attend this school. Also, there are no nearby schools providing education to Year 12. The alternatives are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and boarding school.

References

{{Central Highlands Region Central Highlands Region Localities in Queensland