Pelican, Queensland
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  Pelican | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°37′14″S 150°51′04″E / 26.6205°S 150.8511°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 40 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 111.3 km2 (43.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Pelican is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]
History
The locality is named after Pelican Station, a pastoral run operated by James Ivory in the early 1850s. It is assumed that pelicans were seen at times on nearby Pelican Lagoon.[2]
Pelican Provisional School opened on 22 June 1908, becoming Pelican State School on 1 January 1909, closing about June 1932. It reopened in December 1940, closing in 1986.[3]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pelican (Qld) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Pelican – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47737)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
Further reading
- Pelican State School (1983), Pelican State School 75th jubilee 1908-1983, The School, retrieved 8 November 2018
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