Cedar Pocket, Queensland

Cedar Pocket
Queensland
Cedar Pocket is located in Queensland
Cedar Pocket
Cedar Pocket
Coordinates26°12′20″S 152°47′10″E / 26.2055°S 152.7861°E / -26.2055; 152.7861 (Cedar Pocket (centre of locality))
Population332 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density10.85/km2 (28.10/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Cedar Pocket:
Greens Creek Wolvi Beenaam Valley
East Deep Creek Cedar Pocket Neusa Vale
Mothar Mountain Mothar Mountain Kin Kin

Cedar Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Cedar Pocket had a population of 332 people.[1]

History

Cedar Pocket Provisional School opened in July 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Cedar Pocket State School. It was at 752 East Deep Creek Road (at the junction with Cedar Pocket Road, 26°11′55″S 152°44′50″E / 26.19870°S 152.74732°E / -26.19870; 152.74732 (Cedar Pocket State School (former))).[3][4][5]

Beenam Range Provisional School opened in 1912 as a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Wolvi East Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher). It became a full-time provisional school circa 1915/1916, but closed in March 1919. It reopened on 27 October 1924 as Beenam Range State School. It was at approx 1106 Cedar Pocket Road (26°13′00″S 152°48′00″E / 26.21669°S 152.79997°E / -26.21669; 152.79997 (Beenam Range State School (former))).[3][4][5] (Note that the spelling of the school differs from the spelling of the nearby mountain range, which is Beenaam Range).[6][7]

In 1961, the parents of Beenam Range State School, Cedar Pocket State School, Cootharaba Road State School, and Neusa Vale State School voted in favour of replacing those schools with a central school in the area.[8] Cedar Park State School and Beenam Range State School closed in 1965 with the new Gympie East State School opening in neighbouring Greens Creek on 25 January 1965.[5][8]

Demographics

In the 2016 census Cedar Pocket had a population of 339 people.[9]

In the 2021 census, Cedar Pocket had a population of 332 people.[1]

Heritage listing

Cedar Pocket School of Arts at Cedar Pocket Road is listed on the Gympie Local Heritage Register.[10]

Education

There are no schools in Cedar Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Gympie East State School in neighbouring Greens Creek to the north-west and Wolvi State School in neighbouring Wolvi to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the west.[11]

Community groups

The Cedar Pocket branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Cedar Pocket Hall at 483 Cedar Pocket Road.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cedar Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Cedar Pocket – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46314)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Gympie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110" (Map). Queensland Government. 1964. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "Agency ID 8862, Beenam Range State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Beenaam Range – mountain range in the Gympie Region (entry 2069)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "History". Gympie East State School. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cedar Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ "Cedar Pocket School of Arts" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.