Located to the immediate south-east of the
Bundaberg urban area, the locality is bounded to the north and east by Elliotts Head Road and to the south by Three Chain Road.[4]
The terrain is relatively flat ranging from 10 to 40 metres (33 to 131 ft) above sea level.[5] The land use is predominantly crop growing (mostly
sugarcane and
macadamia) and some
grazing on native vegetation.[6] There is a network of
cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills for processing.[4]
History
The name Woongarra is an Aboriginal word meaning the brigalow tree.[2]
There are no secondary schools in Woongarra. The nearest government secondary schools are Kepnock State High School in
Kepnock to the north-west and
Bundaburg State High School in
Bundaberg South also to the north-west.[19]
^"Official Notifications". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXIII, no. 3, 601. Queensland, Australia. 2 December 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Official Notifications". The Telegraph. No. 8, 742. Queensland, Australia. 26 November 1900. p. 2.
Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"WOONGARRA STATE SCHOOL". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LVII, no. 13, 405. Queensland, Australia. 29 December 1900. p. 4.
Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Country News in Brief". The Queenslander. Vol. XIV, no. 158. Queensland, Australia. 24 August 1878. p. 648.
Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from
the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.