Lagoon Pocket
Suburbs around Lagoon Pocket: | ||
The Dawn | The Dawn | Kybong |
Long Flat | Lagoon Pocket | Kybong |
Calico Creek | Gilldora | Kybong |
Lagoon Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.[1]
Geography
Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms most of the western boundary. The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-west to south, forming part of the north-western boundary. The former Lagoon Pocket railway station was outside the locality to the north, on the boundary between The Dawn and Long Flat. The Mary River forms almost the entire eastern boundary.[3]
History
Lagoon Pocket Provisional School opened on 25 September 1882 but closed in December 1899 to allow a new building to be constructed. It reopened on 6 June 1900 as Lagoon Pocket State School. It closed on 3 July 1970.[4] It was at 57 Lagoon Pocket Road, now within the neighbouring locality of Long Flat.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Lagoon Pocket had a population of 123 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lagoon Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Lagoon Pocket – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46351)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Lagoon Pocket, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "County of Lennox sheet 1" (Map). Queensland Government. 1921. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lagoon Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
Further reading
- Scougall, J. (1985). Gympie South & district schools : 75th anniversary. Gympie South State School – via State Library of Queensland. — includes other schools including Calico Creek, Lagoon Pocket, Pie Creek, Langshaw (Eel Creek), Mooloo (Mooloo Road), Warrawee, Glastonbury, Scrubby Creek, and Greendale
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