Cockatoo, Queensland
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W B Slade and an aboriginal stable boy on Cockatoo Creek Station, 1866 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 25°41′04″S 150°16′53″E / 25.6844°S 150.2813°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 792.5 km2 (306.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 41 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0517/km2 (0.1340/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4419 | ||||||||||||
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Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people.[2]
Geography
Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at 25°28′00″S 150°02′00″E / 25.4666°S 150.0333°E.[4][5]
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.[6]
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000.[7][8] It was located in the south of Cockatoo, now within neighbouring Bungaban at 1473 Ponty Pool Road (25°47′24″S 150°15′37″E / 25.7901°S 150.2604°E).[9]
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.[10]
In the 2016 census, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people.[2]
Education
There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest government school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There are no nearby secondary schools to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.[4]
Notable people
- Journalist Florence Eliza Lord was born in Cockatoo[12]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cockatoo (Qld) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cockatoo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Cockatoo – locality in Shire of Banana (entry 49542)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Cockatoo Creek (entry 7608)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Building points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Taroom (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cockatoo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Florence E. Lord". AustLit. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
External links
Media related to Cockatoo, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons