Cockatoo, Queensland
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.
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.
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. 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).
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.
In the 2016 census, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people.
In the 2021 census, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people.
Education
There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There is no nearby secondary school to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.
Notable people
- Journalist Florence Eliza Lord was born in Cockatoo
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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