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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Cooyar is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] In the Шаблон:CensusAU, Cooyar had a population of 224 people.[3]

Geography

Cooyar is on the Darling Downs and on the New England Highway, Шаблон:Convert north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

Land in Cooyar was open for selection on 17 April 1877; Шаблон:Convert were available.[4]

Cooyar Post Office opened by March 1907 (a receiving office had been open from 1904).[5]

St Francis' Anglican Church was dedicated on 12 April 1928. Its closure on 28 March 1999 was approved by Assistant Bishop Ray Smith.[6]

At the Шаблон:CensusAU, Cooyar and the surrounding area had a population of 281.[7]

In the Шаблон:CensusAU, the locality of Cooyar had a population of 224 people.[3]

Attractions

There are many interesting sites at Cooyar. They include the Swinging Bridge, built by Christoffel and Edeltroud Van Espen [8] a memorial park with playground,[9] a family-friendly pub, an ANZAC Memorial,[10] a showground which holds events like endurance riding and an annual show (with a brilliant rodeo at night),[11] a hall which is used regularly by the locals, the local shop which sells hot and cold food.

Library services in Cooyar are provided by the Toowoomba Regional Council's mobile library service. The van visits Cooyar State School and Cooyar Park (McDougal Street) on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.[12]

Heritage listings

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Cooyar War Memorial

Cooyar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

Шаблон:Commons categoryШаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Toowoomba Region Шаблон:Darling Downs

Шаблон:Authority control