Cedar Pocket, Queensland

Cedar Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Cedar Pocket had a population of 339 people.[1]

Cedar Pocket
Queensland
Cedar Pocket
Coordinates26.2055°S 152.7861°E / -26.2055; 152.7861 (Cedar Pocket (centre of locality))
Population339 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density11.08/km2 (28.69/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

History

Cedar Pocket Provisional School opened on July 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Cedar Pocket State School. It closed in 1965.[3] It was located at the intersection of Cedar Pocket Road and East Deep Creek Road (approx 26.1987°S 152.7473°E / -26.1987; 152.7473 (Cedar Pocket State School (former))).[4]

In the 2016 census Cedar Pocket had a population of 339 people.[1]

Heritage listing

Cedar Pocket School of Arts at Cedar Pocket Road is listed on the Gympie Local Heritage Register.[5]

Community groups

The Cedar Pocket branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Cedar Pocket Hall at 483 Cedar Pocket Road.[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cedar Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Cedar Pocket – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46314)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Gympie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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