Cockatoo, Queensland
| Cockatoo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 W B Slade and an aboriginal stable boy on Cockatoo Creek Station, 1866 | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 873 (included within Taroom (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4419 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Banana | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Cockatoo is a locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] 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.[1]
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.[3][4]
History
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000.[5] It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at 25°47′22″S 150°15′39″E / 25.7895°S 150.2607°E.
Notable people
- Journalist Florence Eliza Lord was born in Cockatoo[6]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Taroom (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Cockatoo (entry 43715)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Cockatoo Creek (entry 7608)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Florence E. Lord". AustLit. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
