Английская Википедия:Cooladdi
Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:GeoGroup Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Cooladdi is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] The town is Шаблон:Convert south-west of Charleville.[3]
Claims have been made that Cooladdi is Australia's smallest town by population.[4] In 2015, the population was 3 (down from 4 in 2013), all of whom lived at the general store.[5]
Geography
The town is in the centre of the locality. The Western railway line passes from east to west through the town and locality. The locality was served by a number of railway stations (from east to west):[6]
- Nimaru railway station (now abandoned) (Шаблон:Coord)[7]
- Coothalla railway station (Шаблон:Coord)[7]
- Loddon railway station (now abandoned) (Шаблон:Coord)[7]
- Cooladdi railway station serving the town (Шаблон:Coord)[7]
- Yalamurra railway station (now abandoned) (Шаблон:Coord)[7]
The Diamantina Developmental Road (which forms part of the 1578 kilometre (980 mi) Warrego Way State Strategic Touring Route between Brisbane and Birdsville) also passes from east to west through the town and locality.[6]
History
Gunya (also known as Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah.[8]
The railway station was originally called Yarronvale after a local pastoral station with the town taking its name from the railway station. However, it was renamed in 1913 to Cooladdi, an Aboriginal word meaning black duck, to avoid confusion with the pastoral station, which was 15 miles away.Шаблон:Cn
Cooladdi was a railhead for the local pastoral community. At one time, Cooladdi had a school, post office, and police station with a population of about 270 people. As the railway line extended further west, Cooladdi's role and population declined.[9]
The Cooladdi State School originally opened on 19 March 1926 as a Provisional School with 9 students under teacher A.W. Marsh. In 1933, a new school building was constructed and the school redesignated as a State School. The school closed on 3 May 1974.[10][11][12] It was located opposite the railway station on Cooladdi Access Road (Шаблон:Coord).[13]
In 2015, the population was 3 (down from 4 in 2013), all of whom resided at the general store.[5]
In the Шаблон:CensusAU, the locality of Cooladdi had a population of 16 people.[14]
Education
There are no schools in Cooladi. The nearest government primary and secondary schools Charleville State School and Charleville State High School respectively both in Charleville to the north-east. However, only those living in the east of the locality would be within daily commuting range. Other options are distance education and boarding schools.[6]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[15]
- Allambie (Шаблон:Coord)
- Auburn Vale (Шаблон:Coord)
- Auburn Vale (Шаблон:Coord)
- Bodouna (Шаблон:Coord)
- Boin (Шаблон:Coord)
- Coolabah (Шаблон:Coord)
- Coolabah (Шаблон:Coord)
- Cooladdi Park (Шаблон:Coord)
- Cungella (Шаблон:Coord)
- Glenallen (Шаблон:Coord)
- Inkerman (Шаблон:Coord)
- Loddon (Шаблон:Coord)
- Merigol (Шаблон:Coord)
- Monamby (Шаблон:Coord)
- Mount Pleasant (Шаблон:Coord)
- Nimboy (Шаблон:Coord)
- Weaner Creek (Шаблон:Coord)
- Wooyenong (Шаблон:Coord)
- Yarronvale (Шаблон:Coord)
References
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Further reading
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite QPN
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- ↑ Шаблон:Google maps
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Queensland Globe
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 7,4 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite QSA Agency
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