Download coordinates as: Thangool /ˈθæŋɡuːl/[citation needed] is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.

[5] Thangool has the following named ranges: Thangool has the following named mountains: The former Callide Valley railway line ran through the locality and had the following three now-abandoned railway stations: The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing.

[16] European settlement in the area began with the Archer brothers who, on advice from the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, set out from Eidsvold Station on the Burnett River to explore the area to the north in 1853, eventually reaching the Fitzroy River.

Speculative ventures followed in the 1850s and 1860s, originally tentative attempts at sheep raising, but soon turning to cattle.

[5] The town was surveyed in 1925 and primitive shops constructed from corrugated iron and logs were established soon after.

The Callide Valley railway line was extended to Thangool in 1925, before its final extension to Lawgi in 1931.

[23][20] By the 1930s, a cotton boom had allowed the town to support two hotels, two butchers, two bakers, a picture theatre, a cordial factory, a blacksmith and a bank.

[4] The Red Steer Hotel closed in April 2017, leaving the town without a hotel, so the Thangool Recreation Club obtained a limited liquor licence to provide a place for locals to gather for a drink.

[13] Dryland farming in the area produces mainly sorghum and wheat but also some sunflower, mung beans and barley.

Irrigated crops produced include cotton and lucerne as well as wheat and sorghum.

[50] Nearby Mount Scoria, a rare rock formation rising 150 metres (490 ft) above the surrounding plain, was an active volcano 20 to 26 million years ago.

The mountain features impressive basalt columns formed by cooling lava.