Tingoora


Tingoora is a rural town and a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Tingoora had a population of 273 people.

Geography

The town is on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. The Chinchilla – Wondai Road enters from the west and terminates in a T-intersection with the Bunya Highway.

History

The town takes its name from a railway station which was named for the local Indigenous Australian word in the Waka language for the wattle tree.
The Tingoora Hotel, established in 1900, was reportedly the first public building in the town.
In November 1904, 14 allotments were advertised for selection as agricultural farms by the Department of Public Lands office. The advertising map states the allotments were situated in the Parishes of Charlestown and Wooroolin in the county of Fitzroy, Nanango land agent's district, shire of Nanango with J.H. Adair named as the surveyor. The area described in the map is today approximately bounded by Tingoora Road in the north, Transmitter Road to the east, Eckarts Road to the west with the Bunya Highway passing through.
At the, Tingoora had a population of 175.