Peranga, Queensland

Peranga is a town and a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. At the, Peranga and the surrounding area had a population of 298.GeographyPeranga is a small town on the Darling Downs, 70km north-west of Toowoomba and 55km north-east of Dalby.HistoryThe name Peranga derives from the name of an outstation on Rosalie Plains pastoral run, assigned when the town was surveyed in 1911.Peranga Post Office opened on 11 January 1913.Peranga State School opened in 1915, closing on 30 July 1973.The Peranga & District Bowls Club opened in 1955.Once the prosperous hub of a rich dairy-producing area, Peranga went into sharp decline after the closure of the Oakey-Cooyar railway line in the mid-1960s. The hotel burnt down in 1967, followed by the school's closure in 1973.AmenitiesThe Peranga & District Bowls Club is still in operation. There is a post office and general store, a one-man police station and a town hall.Together with Peranga, the surrounding towns of Quinalow (10 km west), Maclagan (13 km north-west) and Kulpi (9 km south) are interdependent, having between them all the amenities of a small town. Kulpi has a hotel and tennis courts; Quinalow a garage, cafe, hotel, rural supplier, school, swimming pool, caravan park, library, tractor dealership, tennis courts, hall, and skate park; and Maclagan has a post office and general store, two wineries, a small museum, a butcher, a kindergarten and several parks.