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| Gootchie Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Old Bruce Highway, Gootchie, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
  Gootchie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°52′54″S152°34′52″E / 25.8816°S 152.5811°E /-25.8816; 152.5811 (Gootchie (centre of locality)) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 96 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.783/km2 (7.21/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4650 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Fraser Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Gootchie is a rurallocality in theFraser Coast Region,Queensland, Australia.[2] In the2021 census, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.[1]
TheBruce Highway enters the locality at the south-west (Kanigan /Glenwood) and forms the south-east boundary of the locality, then passes through the locality travelling north, and then forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality before exiting to the north-west (Bauple).[3]
The Bauple Woolooga Road forms part of the northern boundary of the locality while the Old Gympie Road (the predecessor to the Bruce Highway) forms the north-western boundary of the locality.[3]
TheNorth Coast railway line enters the locality from the west (Paterson) and exits to the north-west (Gundiah).[3] The locality was served by the now-abandoned Gootchie Creek railway station (25°51′17″S152°33′22″E / 25.8547°S 152.5561°E /-25.8547; 152.5561 (Gootchie Creek railway station)).[4]
The land use is a mix of rural activities includinggrazing on native vegetation,plantation forestry, and crop growing.[3]
The locality name comes from a grazing property and the railway station name formerly spelt Gutchy. It is reportedly an Aboriginal word from theKabi language, Badjala dialect, meaningsand goanna.[2]
Gootchie Provisional School opened on 1 June 1874. It closed on 30 April 1879, but reopened on 1 May 1885. It closed again in 1894, but reopened on 2 December 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Gootchie State School. It closed permanently in 1933.[5]
Kannagan Provisional School opened on 6 July 1896. By 1898, the spelling of the name had changed to be Kanighan Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Kanighan State School. About 1946, the spelling changed to Kanigan State School. It closed in 1959.[6] It was on the western corner of the junction of Kanyan Road and the Bruce Highway (approx25°54′15″S152°35′53″E / 25.9042°S 152.5981°E /-25.9042; 152.5981 (Kanigan State School (former))), now within the present-day boundaries of Gootchie.[7][8]
In the2016 census, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.[9]
In the2021 census, Gootchie had a population of 96 people.[1]
There are no schools in Gootchie. The nearest government primary schools are:[10]
The nearest government secondary schools are:[10]
