Kalpowar
| Kalpowar Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Forest St, the main street of Kalpowar | |||||||||||||||
  Kalpowar | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°41′42″S 151°18′18″E / 24.695°S 151.305°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 67 (2016 census locality)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.2090/km2 (0.541/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4630 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 320.6 km2 (123.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | |||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Kalpowar is a town in the North Burnett Region and a locality split between the North Burnett Region and the Bundaberg Region, in Queensland, Australia.[2][3][4] In the 2016 census the locality of Kalpowar had a population of 67 people.[1]
History
The town's name derives from the railway station name assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 30 January 1928, which was an Aboriginal word meaning either pine tree or copper.[2]
Many Peaks Provisional School opened on 23 October 1922 as part of the railway construction camp (57 Mile Camp) for the Gladstone to Monto railway line. As the camp moved to be at the area of the current construction, the school also relocated and renamed with it. In 1923 it was relocated south to the 63 Mile Camp. In 1926 it moved south to 67 Mile Camp and was renamed Barrimoon Provisional School (Barrimoon being the name of the railway station there). In 1927 it moved again to 74 Mile Camp and its name was changed in 1928 to Kalpowar Provisional School. In 1929 it moved to 82 Mile Camp and in September 1930 it was renamed Bancroft Provisional School. On 1 August 1931 it became Bancroft State School and remained there permanently until its closure on 31 December 1998.[5]
Sixty-six Mile Camp Provisional School opened on 9 May 1923. Like the other construction camp school it relocated and renamed a number of times as the camp relocated to the current work area. In 1926 it became Seventy Mile Camp Provisional School. In 1927 it became Seventy-two Mile Camp Provisional School In 1929 it became Kalpowar Provisional School. In 1931 it became Mount Cannindah Provisional School. In 1933 it became Kalpowar Provisional School once again. It later became Kalpowar State School. It closed in 1997.[5]
In the 2016 census the locality of Kalpowar had a population of 67 people.[1]
Heritage listings
Kalpowar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Misfortune Road (24°40′21″S 151°16′44″E / 24.67245°S 151.27885°E): Mount Cannindah Copper Mine & Town Site[6]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kalpowar (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Kalpowar – town in North Burnett Region (entry 17613)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Kalpowar – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 45375)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Kalpowar – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "North Burnett Local Heritage Register" (PDF). North Burnett Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
External links
- "Town map of Kalpowar". Queensland Government. 1964. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
