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Wongawallan

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City of Gold Coast QLD, PO Box 5042, Wongawallan, QLD 4210
1300 465 326

Description

Wongawallan is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Wongawallan is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

History

The area was originally named Mount Goulburn after Henry Goulburn by surveyor Dixon. However, later it was renamed Wongawallan, believed to be an Aboriginal word where wonga means pigeon and walla means water.However, it has been claimed that it was named after an Aboriginal man nicknamed "Peter" who killed John Wilkinson, a settler, at Wongawallan Creek in 1876., but contemporaneous newspaper reports of the death of Wilkinson only refer to the Aboriginal man as "Peter".In the 2011 census, Wongawallan had a population of 1,103 people.In the 2016 census Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

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Type: Rural areas

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +10:00

Area: 32.792 km2

Elevation: 51-200 metres

Town elevation: 87 m

Population number: 1,273

Local Government Area: City of Gold Coast

Location

City of Gold Coast QLD, PO Box 5042, Wongawallan, QLD 4210

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Wongawallan, Queensland

Wongawallan - Localista

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