Nindaroo
| Nindaroo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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_and_Habana_(north_%26_right),_2016.jpg) Looking west on Orphanage Road, on the boundary of Nindaroo (south & left) and Habana (north & right), 2016 | |||||||||||||||
  Nindaroo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°04′15″S 149°07′45″E / 21.0708°S 149.1291°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 239 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 30.64/km2 (79.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4740 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mackay Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||||
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Nindaroo is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Nindaroo had a population of 239 people.[1]
History
Nindaroo Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909 it became Nindaroo State School It closed in 1963.[3] The school was located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road (21°04′56″S 149°08′31″E / 21.08220°S 149.14186°E), now in neighbouring Richmond.[4][5][6]
In the 2016 census Nindaroo had a population of 239 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nindaroo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Nindaroo – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46817)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Mackay (western half)" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942.
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m309" (Map). Queensland Government. 1952. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
External links
Media related to Nindaroo, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons