Doongul, Queensland

Doongul is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Doongul had a population of 35 people.

Geography
Most of the locality is with protected areas. The west of the locality is within the Wongi National Park which extends into neighbouring Golden Fleece to the west. The small Fairlies Knob National Park is immediately south of the Wongi National Park in the south-west of the locality. Apart from the national parks, almost all of the rest of the locality is within the Wongi State Forest, except for the centre and south-east, where the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

Doongul has the following mountains, from north to south:

The former town of Eliott (-25.5°N, 152.37°W) is within Doongul on the Old Gayndah Road.
 * Duckke Benong (-25.4387°N, 152.3654°W) 107 m
 * Mount Doongul (-25.4872°N, 152.3447°W) 238 m
 * Musket Flat Mountain (-25.4901°N, 152.3848°W) 217 m
 * Fairlies Knob (-25.5018°N, 152.2908°W) 323 m
 * Cabbage Tree Mountain (-25.5511°N, 152.3981°W) 266 m

History
The locality was previously known as Muskat Flat. It presumably takes its present name Doongul from the Doongul parish and Doongul Creek, which are thought to take their name from the Doongal pastoral run, described in 1862 as being 20 mile from Maryborough.

On 18 July 1864, 39 town lots were offered for sale in Eliott.

In 1877, 20200 acres of land was resumed from the Lower Doongul pastoral run to establish smaller farms. A further 6,000 acres was resumed from the Doongul pastoral run. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1877.

Demographics
In the, Doongul had a population of 29 people.

In the, Doongul had a population of 35 people.

Education
There are no schools in Doongul. The nearest government primary school is Brooweena State School in Brooweena to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Aldridge State High School in Maryborough in the east.