Guluguba

Guluguba is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Guluguba is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.

The name Guluguba is thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning squatter pigeon.Guluguba Post Office opened by 1916 (a receiving office had been open from 1915).Guluguba Provisional School opened on 1 February 1917 on a half-time basis (meaning shared a single teacher) with Downfall Creek Provisional School which opened in March 1917. When the Downfall Creek school closed in 1918, Guluguba became a full-time school.In 1940 at Downfall Creek, the local Lutheran community established a Lutheran Day School. Meanwhile, Guluguba State School had two temporary closures in 1942 and 1944 due to a lack of teacher accommodation.In 1957, the Queensland Education Department was willing to provide a teacher to Downfall Creek so the Lutheran Church school became Downfall Creek Provisional School once again. It finally closed in 1962.In the 2011 census, Guluguba was counted together with neighbouring Wandoan and had a combined population of 655.In the 2016 census the locality of Guluguba had a population of 109 people.