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Guluguba is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.[1]

Guluguba Queensland
Cafe at Guluguba on the Leichhardt Highway, 2014
Guluguba
Coordinates	26.2569°S 150.0444°E / -26.2569; 150.0444 (Guluguba (town centre))
Population	109 (2016 census locality)[1]
• Density	0.2812/km2 (0.728/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4418
Area	387.6 km2 (149.7 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	19 km (12 mi) south-east of Wandoan 47 km (29 mi) north of Miles 318 km (198 mi) north-west of Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)	Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Callide
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
Localities around Guluguba: Wandoan Wandoan Roche Creek Woleebee Guluguba Pelham Woleebee Gurulmundi Pelham

Geography

Guluguba is located on the Leichhardt Highway, north of Miles and south of Wandoan.[4]

The now-closed Wandoan railway line traversed the locality with the town being served by the Guluguba railway station (26.2567°S 150.0451°E / -26.2567; 150.0451 (Guluguba railway station)) with the Giligulgul railway station (26.3532°S 150.0496°E / -26.3532; 150.0496 (Giligulgul railway station)) at the south of the locality.[5]

History

The name Guluguba is thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning squatter pigeon.[2][3]

Guluguba Post Office opened by 1916 (a receiving office had been open from 1915).[6]

Guluguba Provisional School opened on 1 February 1917 on a half-time basis (meaning shared a single teacher) with Downfall Creek Provisional School which opened in March 1917. When the Downfall Creek school closed in 1918, Guluguba became a full-time school.[7]

In 1940 at Downfall Creek, the local Lutheran community established a Lutheran Day School. Meanwhile, Guluguba State School had two temporary closures in 1942 and 1944 due to a lack of teacher accommodation.[7]

In 1957, the Queensland Education Department was willing to provide a teacher to Downfall Creek so the Lutheran Church school became Downfall Creek Provisional School once again. It finally closed in 1962.[7]

In the 2011 census, Guluguba was counted together with neighbouring Wandoan and had a combined population of 655.[8]

In the 2016 census the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.[1]

Education

Guluguba State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at Fosters Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 equivalent full-time).[9]

Amenities

St John's Lutheran Church (also known as the Downfall Creek Lutheran Church) is at 654 Upper Downfall Creek Road (26.2555°S 150.1494°E / -26.2555; 150.1494 (St John's Lutheran Church)).[10]

Notable people

• Deb Frecklington, a former leader of the Queensland parliamentary wing of the Liberal National Party, attended Guluguba State School [11]

References

Further reading

• Bahnisch, Lyn; Stiller, Doris; Guluguba State School. Anniversary Committee (1992), Schools beside the track : 1917-1992 : celebrating the 75th anniversary of Guluguba State School : a history of Guluguba, Gurulmundi, Giligulgul and Downfall Creek Schools, Guluguba State School Anniversary Committee, ISBN 978-0-646-11955-7
• Partlett, Launa (1986), Guluguba pioneers : stories from a Queensland rural community, ISBN 978-0-9588195-0-3
• Stiller, Colin (2012), Those were the days, C. H. Stiller, ISBN 978-0-646-57299-4

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guluguba, Queensland.

• "Town map of Guluguba". Queensland Government. 1971.

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