Ebagoola, Queensland

Ebagoola is a town in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.^[1] The town is within the locality of Yarraden.^[2]

Ebagoola Queensland
Ebagoola
Coordinates	14°18′13″S 143°15′54″E / 14.3036°S 143.265°E / -14.3036; 143.265 (Ebagoola (town centre))
Postcode(s)	4892
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Shire of Cook
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal division(s)	Leichhardt

Ebagoola Township and Battery

Main article: Ebagoola Township and Battery

The town was surveyed in 1900 by James Dickie.^[1]

Ebagoola is the site of the Ebagoola Township and Battery, a former mining camp built from 1900 until 1913, which was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 15 May 2006.^[3]

Ebagoolah Provisional School opened in 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Ebagoolah State School. It closed in 1914.^[4]

Today, only a single building from the era still stands.

References

1. "Ebagoola – population centre in Cook Shire (entry 11125)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
3. "Ebagoola Township and Battery (entry 601858)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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