Kogan, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Kogan is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

From the town there are four arterial roads:[4] In the north-east of the locality, the Condamine River flows from south to north along Kogan's boundary with Warra, while Wilkie Creek flowing from south to north (a tributary of the Condamine) forms Kogan's boundary with Macalister.

Wambo Creek flows from south to north-west through the south-western part of the locality and is eventually a tributary of the Condamine River.

[2] It was a changing station on the Dalby-Roma coach route prior to the construction of the Western railway line.

[4] It is an open cut mine producing a thermal coal that is low in nitrogen and sulphur.

[23][24] Australian painter Hugh Sawrey spent many years in the Kogan area.

He first visited the town after he returned from military service in World War II, seeking work on cattle stations.

On 3 October 2009, the documentary premiered at the Art at Kogan festival in the presence of the Queensland Governor, Penelope Wensley.

[27] It is a lifesize sculpture in bronze and depicts the two men sitting across a table from one another, playing cards (as they often did).

A sculpture of a horse with a rugged stockman on his back and the whip cutting up above his head (themes that Sawrey often painted) forms the entrance to the Kogan Community Centre.

Kogan State School playground, 2024