| Bald Knob Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Bald Knob | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°46′57″S152°54′30″E / 26.7825°S 152.9083°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 280 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 13.93/km2 (36.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4552 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.1 km2 (7.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Glass House | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fisher | ||||||||||||||
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Bald Knob is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Bald Knob had a population of 280 people. [1]
Bald Knob is 78 kilometres (48 mi) north of Brisbane on the Blackall Range in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of South East Queensland.
Bald Knob has the following mountains:
Landsborough–Maleny Road passes through from south-east to west. [6]
The locality takes its name from the mountain feature Bald Knob, which was named by selector Samuel Burgess circa 1895, because the lightly forested "bald" feature stood out from the surrounding vine forest. [2] [7]
Bald Knob Provisional School opened on 20 January 1902. On 1 January 1909 it became Bald Knob State School. It closed in August 1945. [8]
On Saturday 26 July 1924, a stump capping ceremony was held to celebrate the commencement of construction of the Bald Knob public hall. [9] The hall was officially opened on 18 October 1924 by Richard Warren, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murrumba. [10]
In the 2011 census, Bald Knob had a population of 254 people, [11] 49.6% female and 50.4% male. [11] The median age of the Bald Knob population was 51 years, 14 years above the national median of 37. 77% of people living in Bald Knob were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, Portugal 1.6%, El Salvador 1.2%, Germany 1.2%, Canada 1.2%. 95.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.2% German, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Spanish. [11]
In the 2016 census, Bald Knob had a population of 253 people. [12]
In the 2021 census, Bald Knob had a population of 280 people. [1]
There are no schools in Bald Knob. The nearest government primary schools are: [13]
The nearest government secondary schools are Maleny State High School in Maleny and Beerwah State High School in Beerwah to the south-east. [13]
There are a number of parks in the area:
Skipper Musk Teahouse Lookout is on the Landsborough Maleny Road ( 26°47′08″S152°55′14″E / 26.7855°S 152.9205°E ) about halfway between the mountain peaks of Bald Knob and Wilkes Knob. [15] The name originates from a teahouse operated by Amelia Elizabeth Skipper (née Brown) and Daisy Georgina Musk (née Docwra) during the 1920s. [16] [17]
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Blackall Range road network is a group of roads that provide access to the mountain localities and towns from various lowland places, and enable travel between the mountain communities. The network ensures continuity of access in times of flooding or other natural disasters, and during planned maintenance activities. The area serviced by the network includes the localities and towns, from south to north, of Maleny, Montville and Mapleton. It also includes the rural localities of Bald Knob, Balmoral Ridge, Flaxton, Gheerulla, North Maleny, Obi Obi and Witta. The area hosts a substantial residential community plus many tourism accommodation venues. At the 2021 census, the locality of Maleny had a population of 3,959 people.
