Wivenhoe Pocket

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Wivenhoe Pocket
Somerset Region,  Queensland
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Wivenhoe Pocket
Coordinates 27°25′55″S152°37′04″E / 27.4319°S 152.6177°E / -27.4319; 152.6177 Coordinates: 27°25′55″S152°37′04″E / 27.4319°S 152.6177°E / -27.4319; 152.6177
Population440 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density21.26/km2 (55.1/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4306
Area20.7 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Dickson
Suburbs around Wivenhoe Pocket:
Lake Wivenhoe Lake Wivenhoe Split Yard Creek
Patrick Estate Wivenhoe Pocket England Creek
Lowood Vernor Fernvale

Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 440 people. [1]

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History

Wivenhoe Pocket was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England. [2]

In 1877, 5,500 acres (2,200 ha) were resumed from the Wivenhoe pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877. [3]

At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 498. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wivenhoe Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Wivenhoe Pocket – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44936)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier . Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020– via Trove.
  4. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wivenhoe Pocket (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 August 2014. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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