Bon Accord, Queensland

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Bon Accord
Queensland
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Bon Accord
Coordinates 25°33′54″S151°40′19″E / 25.5649°S 151.6719°E / -25.5649; 151.6719 (Bon Accord (centre of locality))
Population29 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 4625
Area11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) North Burnett Region
State electorate(s) Callide
Federal division(s) Flynn
Suburbs around Bon Accord:
Mount Lawless Wetheron Wetheron
Ideraway Bon Accord Wetheron
Gayndah Gayndah Gayndah

Bon Accord is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [2]

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Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west and west by the Burnett River. [3]

The Bon Accord Wetheron Road enters the locality from the south (Gayndah) and exits to the north (Wetherton). [3]

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing near the Burnett River and its tributary Barambah Creek. [3]

History

Bon Accord Provisional School opened about September 1901. It became Bon Accord State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendances, it closed about May 1922. [4] It was located on the eastern bank of Barambah Creek immediately north of the Bon Accord Wetheron Road (approx 25°34′52″S151°39′46″E / 25.58122°S 151.66291°E / -25.58122; 151.66291 (Bon Accord State School (former)) ). [5] [3]

In the 2016 census, Bon Accord had a population of 19 people. [6]

Education

There are no schools in Bon Accord. The nearest government primary school is Gayndah State School in neighbouring Gayndah to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Burnett State College, also in Gayndah to the south-west. [3]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bon Accord (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Bon Accord – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 45320)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "County of Mackenzie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1922. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bon Accord (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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