Cannindah, Queensland

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Cannindah
Queensland
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Cannindah
Coordinates 24°52′29″S151°12′49″E / 24.8747°S 151.2136°E / -24.8747; 151.2136 (Cannindah (centre of locality))
Population32 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.455/km2 (1.179/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4630
Area70.3 km2 (27.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) North Burnett Region
State electorate(s) Callide
Federal division(s) Flynn
Suburbs around Cannindah:
Bukali Bancroft Bancroft
Monto Cannindah Ventnor
Three Moon Splinter Creek Ventnor

Cannindah is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Cannindah had a population of 32 people. [1]

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History

The locality's name is taken from the name of a pastoral run held in 1853 by Hugh Mackay which is shown on an 1872 map of Southern Queensland and again on an 1878 map of the district. [2]

Mount Cannindah State School opened on 1918 and closed on circa 1920. [3]

Cannindah State School opened on 9 November 1932 and closed in 1958. [3]

New Cannindah Provisional School opened in 1926 but closed circa 1933. It reopened circa 1949 but closed 1958. [3]

In the 2016 census Cannindah had a population of 32 people. [1]

Ancient past

In the Mississippian era (358-323 mya) also known as the Early Carboniferous period, the area [4] was part of a shallow sea where coral formed a coral reef that became carbonate rock (limestone) underlying the area. Cannindah Reef was the largest-known reef from this period. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cannindah (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Cannindah – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 45328)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  4. 1 2 Ancient Cannindah Reef in central Queensland could offer lessons to fight climate change, Grace Whiteside, ABC News Online, 2023-12-27

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