Wowan, Queensland

Wowan Queensland
Wowan
Coordinates	23°54′00″S 150°11′00″E / 23.90000°S 150.18333°E / -23.90000; 150.18333Coordinates: 23°54′00″S 150°11′00″E / 23.90000°S 150.18333°E / -23.90000; 150.18333
Population	338 (2006 census)^[1]
Established	1912
Postcode(s)	4702
Location	609 km (378 mi) from Brisbane 82 km (51 mi) from Rockhampton 70 km (43 mi) from Biloela 15 km (9 mi) from Dululu
LGA(s)	Banana Shire
State electorate(s)	Callide
Federal Division(s)	Flynn

Wowan is a small rural township in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland, Australia. It is named from the Aboriginal word for Australian brush-turkey. At the 2006 census, Wowan and the surrounding area had a population of 338.^[1]

History

The town was settled in 1912. The butter factory opened on 1 April 1919; it was operated by the Dawson Valley Co-operative Company.^[2]

Farm produce from the area includes beef, hay, grain, pork and eggs.^[3]

Wowan holds its annual agricultural show in August.^[4]^[5]

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wowan (Banana Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
↑ "THE DAWSON VALLEY. WOWAN BUTTER FACTORY.". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 February 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ Our Town Wowan
↑ "Simple Pleasures: Banana Shire" (PDF). The Gladstone Region. Tourism Queensland. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ "Wowan Show". Retrieved 8 June 2014.

Towns and localities in Banana Shire

Alberta Argoon Banana Baralaba Baroondah Biloela Broadmere Callide Camboon Castle Creek Cockatoo Coorada Cracow Dakenba Deeford Dixalea Dululu Dumgree Dumpy Creek Eurombah Ghinghinda Glebe Glenhaughton Glenmoral Goovigen Gwambegwine Hornet Bank Isla Jambin Kianga Kinnoul Kokotungo Lawgi Dawes Lonesome Creek Mount Murchison Moura Orange Creek Peek-a-doo Pheasant Creek Prospect Rannes Roundstone Smoky Creek Spring Creek Taroom Tarramba Thangool Theodore Ulogie Valentine Plains Warnoah Westwood Woolein Wowan

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

Central Queensland, Queensland

Cities:	Emerald Gladstone Rockhampton

Townships:	Bajool Banana Baralaba Biloela Bouldercombe Blackwater Bluff Callide Calliope Capella Carmila Clairview Clermont Comet Dingo Dysart Duaringa Foleyvale Gogango Gracemere Jambin Marlborough Middlemount Moranbah Moura Mount Larcom Mount Morgan Rannes Raglan Rolleston Springsure Stanwell St Lawrence Tannum Sands Tieri Westwood Wowan Woorabinda Yaamba Yeppoon

Local Government Areas:	Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Isaac Rockhampton Woorabinda

National Parks:	Blackdown Tableland Byfield Capricorn Coast Capricornia Cays Carnarvon Castle Tower Curtis Island Deepwater Epping Forest Eurimbula Expedition Goodedulla Humboldt Isla Gorge Junee Keppel Bay Islands Kroombit Tops Littabella Mazeppa Minerva Hills Mount Archer Mount Colosseum Mount Etna Caves Mount Jim Crow Mount O'Connell Mount Walsh Nuga Nuga Palmgrove Peak Range Rundle Range Snake Range Taunton West Hill Wild Cattle Island

Places of Interest:	Carnarvon Gorge Capricorn Caves Shoalwater Bay The Gemfields

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