Boogan, Queensland

Boogan is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Boogan had a population of 119 people.[1]

Boogan
Queensland
South Johnstone River at Boogan, 2013
Boogan
Coordinates17.6086°S 146.0119°E / -17.6086; 146.0119 (Boogan (centre of locality))
Population119 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density9.15/km2 (23.71/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4871
Area13.0 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Boogan:
South Johnstone
Currajah		 Stockton Mourilyan
Camp Creek Boogan Martyville
Basilisk Moresby Martyville

Geography

The Bruce Highway forms part of the eastern boundary of the locality, while the South Johnstone River forms the north-western boundary. The land is relatively flat and low-lying (10–20 metres above sea level) and is predominantly used for cropping, particularly sugarcane. The North Coast railway line passes from south to north through the middle of the locality and there is a cane tramway to transport harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.[3]

History

The locality takes its name from the Boogan railway station named by the Queensland Railways Department on 12 September 1920. Boogan is an Aboriginal word meaning either forest country or dog.[2]

Boogan State School opened on 15 July 1929 and closed on 14 December 1979.[4]

In the 2016 census Boogan had a population of 119 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boogan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Boogan – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45680)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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