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Traditional Owner Groups

• Wadja Wadja
  Phonetic

  Wad-Ja Wad-Ja

  Description

  Woorabinda was established between 1926 and 1927 by the Queensland Government as a replacement for the Taroom Aboriginal reserve, which was located on the banks of the Dawson River. Taroom reserve was closed down in 1926, after 16 years in operation, as it was situated in the path of a proposed irrigation dam. The government selected 55,000 acres in the Duaringa district, which became the new Aboriginal reserve of Woorabinda. The new reserve was formally gazetted by the government on 29 October 1927. The residents of Taroom were transported to Woorabinda on flatbed trucks driven by private tenderers and, by December 1927, most of the 239 residents of Taroom had been removed to Woorabinda

  Website

  https://www.woorabinda.qld.gov.au/about-woorabinda/history