Cockatoo, Queensland

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Cockatoo
Queensland
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W B Slade and an aboriginal stable boy on Cockatoo Creek Station, 1866
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Cockatoo
Coordinates 25°41′04″S150°16′53″E / 25.6844°S 150.2813°E / -25.6844; 150.2813 (Cockatoo (centre of locality))
Population41 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.0517/km2 (0.1340/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4419
Area792.5 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
Suburbs around Cockatoo:
Glebe Cracow Eidsvold West
Taroom Cockatoo Sujeewong
Taroom Bungaban Sujeewong

Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people. [1]

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Geography

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 / -25.4666; 150.0333 (Cockatoo Creek) . [3] [4]

History

Cockatoo Provisional School was originally operated by a governess in a school provided by local parents unil the Queensland Government provided a teacher from 1958. This school closed in 1963. [5]

Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. [6] [7] It was located in the south of Cockatoo, now within neighbouring Bungaban at 1473 Ponty Pool Road ( 25°47′24″S150°15′37″E / 25.7901°S 150.2604°E / -25.7901; 150.2604 (COCKATOO STATE SCHOOL) ). [8]

Demographics

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. [9]

In the 2016 census, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people. [10]

In the 2021 census, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people. [1]

Education

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]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cockatoo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Cockatoo – locality in Shire of Banana (entry 49542)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cockatoo Creek (entry 7608)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government . 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Building points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Taroom (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2015. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cockatoo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ "Florence E. Lord". AustLit . Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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