Place name details
TARONG
| Place type |
Locality Bounded |
| Local authority |
South Burnett Regional |
| Status |
Approved & Current |
| Gazettal |
| Date: |
5 March 1999 |
| Page: |
878 |
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| Plan number |
QPN637 |
| Narrative |
Formerly a railway station name 1915-61, derived from pastoral run name first used in 1850, probably derived from Waka language word tarum = wild lime tree. Refer F.J. Watson. Vocabularies of four representative tribes of South Eastern Queensland. Brisbane, 1944, p.85. Named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources 05/03/1999. |
| Alternative name |
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| Previous name |
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| Location |
| Latitude: |
26° 45′ 53″ S |
| Longitude: |
151° 52′ 55″ E |
| Datum: |
GDA94 |
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Last updated: 04 March 2008
