There are two state forests in Tara. The Kumbarilla State Forest is in the south of the locality (extending into adjoining localities) and Vickery State Forest is in the south-east of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is
grazing on native vegetation with some
rural residential housing and crop growing.[8]
History
The name Goranba is an Aboriginal word referring to a fight over ownership of a tree.[9]
Goranba Provisional School opened February 1925 in a newly constructed hall.[12] In July 1929, it was decided to combine the schools at Perthton and Goranba in single location.[13] In December 1929, the school building at Perthton was relocated to Goranba to establish Goranba State School on a new 5-acre (2.0 ha) site.[14][15] It was located 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of the Goranba railway station on the north-east corner of Goranba Lane and Crosbies Road (27°15′17″S150°36′16″E / 27.2547°S 150.6044°E / -27.2547; 150.6044 (Goranba State School (former))).[4][8] It closed circa 1941.[16]
In March 1943, the community requested that the Goranba school building be relocated to Warra-Kogan Road near the Myra Meadows property, a site donated by Andrew Watt Adams. The request was approved in October 1943. The relocated school building was opened as Myra State School in 1944 but closed on 2 February 1945. It was a 10-acre (4.0 ha) site on the eastern side of Tara Kogan Road (27°13′29″S150°31′27″E / 27.22472°S 150.52411°E / -27.22472; 150.52411 (Myra State School (former))) in present-day locality of
Tara.[17][18][19][11][8]
Demographics
In the
2016 census, Goranba had a population of 187 people.[20]
In the
2021 census, Goranba had a population of 201 people.[3]
Education
There are no schools in Goranba. The nearest government schools are Tara Shire State College in neighbouring Tara to the west which provides primary and secondary schooling to Year 12 and Kogan State School in neighbouring
Kogan to the north which provides primary and secondary schooling to Year 10.[21]
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^"DISTRICT NEWS". The Dalby Herald. Queensland, Australia. 19 July 1929. p. 3.
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