Cockatoo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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W B Slade and an aboriginal stable boy on Cockatoo Creek Station, 1866 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°41′04″S150°16′53″E / 25.6844°S 150.2813°E Coordinates: 25°41′04″S150°16′53″E / 25.6844°S 150.2813°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 36 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0454/km2 (0.1177/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4419 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 792.5 km2 (306.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Banana | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Cockatoo had a population of 36 people. [1]
Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at 25°28′00″S150°02′00″E / 25.4666°S 150.0333°E . [3] [4]
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. [5] It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at 25°47′22″S150°15′39″E / 25.7895°S 150.2607°E .
In the 2011 census, the population of Cockatoo was not separately reported but was included within neighbouring Taroom which had a combined population of 873 people. [6]
In the 2016 census Cockatoo had a population of 36 people. [1]
There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There is no nearby secondary school to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives. [3]
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