Bororen Queensland |
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Coordinates | 24°14′40″S 151°29′42″E / 24.24444°S 151.49500°ECoordinates: 24°14′40″S 151°29′42″E / 24.24444°S 151.49500°E | ||||||||||||
Population | 417 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4678 | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Burnett | ||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||
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Bororen is a town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Bororen had a population of 417 people.
The Bruce Highway passes through both the town and the locality.
Bororen Post Office opened 2 June 1898; a receiving office had been open since about October 1897.
Bororen Provisional School opened on 22 January 1900. It became a State School in 1909.
In about 1995, a war memorial was unveiled on the Bruce Highway, Bororen (24°14′35″S 151°29′46″E / 24.243016°S 151.496029°E). It commemorates those servicemen and women who served in World War I and World War II.
Bororen State School is a government co-educational primary (P-7) school located at 1 Kent Street. In 2013, the school had 47 students and 4 teachers (2 full-time equivalent).