Thangool, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Thangool
state = qld


caption =
lga = Banana Shire Council
postcode = 4716
est = 1925
pop = 339
pop_footnotes =
elevation= 192
maxtemp = 29.3
mintemp = 13.2
rainfall = 664.2
stategov = Callide
fedgov = Capricoria
dist1 = 591
dir1 = NW
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 177
dir2 = S
location2= Rockhampton
dist3 = 142
dir3 = SW
location3= Gladstone
dist4 = 14
dir4 = S
location4= Biloela
dist5 = 76
dir5 = NW
location5= MontoLocation map|Queensland
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position =
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lat_deg = 24
lat_min = 29
lat_sec = 14
lat_dir = S
lon_deg = 150
lon_min = 34
lon_sec = 29
lon_dir = E
lat = -24.487222
long = 150.574722
mark = Red_pog.svg
caption = Location of Thangool
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Thangool is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Banana Shire Local Government Area, convert|591|km|mi|0|lk=on north west of the state capital, Brisbane and convert|12|km|mi|0|lk=on south of the Shire administrative centre, Biloela. The name Thangool means Possum. At the 2006 census, Thangool had a population of 339.Census 2006 AUS
id=UCL354200
name=Thangool (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
accessdate=2007-10-28
quick=on]

The Thangool area was originally home to the Gangulu Aboriginal people.cite web
year = 2007
url = http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/mount_scoria__nature_culture_and_history/
title = Mount Scoria — Nature, culture and history
publisher = Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)
accessdate = 2007-07-19] European settlement in Australia in the area began with the Archer brothers who, on advice from the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, set out from Eidsvold on the Burnett River to explore the area to the north in 1853, eventually reaching the Fitzroy River. Speculative ventures followed in the 1850s and 1860s, originally tentative attempts at sheep raising, but soon turning to cattle. The town was surveyed in 1925 and primitive shops constructed from corrugated iron and logs were established soon after. The Callide Valley railway line was extended to Thangool in 1925, before it's final extension to Lawgi in 1931. [ [http://www.corporate.qr.com.au/history/competition/competition.asp QR Corporate - Rail as foremost mode of travel - Competition to rail as foremost mode of travel ] ] A primary school was opened in 1927. By the 1930s, a cotton boom had allowed the town to support two hotels, two butchers, two bakers, a picture theatre, a cordial factory, a blacksmith and a bank.cite web
year = 2005
url = http://www.banana.qld.gov.au/docs/profiles/cp_thangool_06_06.pdf
title = Our Town Thangool
format = PDF
work = Community Development Profile
publisher = Banana Shire Council
accessdate = 2007-07-19]

Dryland farming in the area produces mainly sorghum and wheat but also some sunflower, mung beans and barley. Irrigated crops produced include cotton and lucerne as well as wheat and sorghum. A Thangool business, Queensland Squab Processors, supply 60% of the Australian market for squab while a new business producing herbs for the food service industry was developed recently. Local businesses include two hotels; the Red Steer Hotel and the Hotel Thangool, a service station, post office, carpenters, welders, primary school and an aircraft refuelling business.

The Thangool Airport services the Banana Shire area and the Thangool racecourse is one of the largest racecourses in the area.

Nearby Mount Scoria, a rare rock formation rising 150 metres above the surrounding plain, was an active volcano 20 to 26 million years ago. The mountain features impressive basalt columns formed by cooling lava. Despite its name the mountain features very little scoria, with most of the mountain made up of vesicular basalt.

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