Garnant, Queensland

Garnant is a rural locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Garnant had a population of 99 people.[1]

Garnant
Queensland
Garnant
Coordinates23.1713°S 150.2613°E / -23.1713; 150.2613 (Garnant (centre of locality))
Population99 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.023/km2 (2.649/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4702
Area96.8 km2 (37.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Rockhampton Region
State electorate(s)Mirani
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Garnant:
Morinish Canoona Yaamba
Morinish Garnant South Yaamba
Morinish Ridgelands South Yaamba

History

Garnant State School opened on 11 September 1930 and closed on 1969.[3] The school which opened at Ridgelands (as it was then known and now a locality to the south of Garnant) was called Garnant after the town Garnant in Glamorganishire, Wales, which was the home town of local resident Abraham Jones who took a leading role in establishing the school.[4] Presumably the locality took its name from the school. The school building was relocated from neighbouring Morinish where the Morinish State School had closed in 1928.[5][3] The school was located on Evans Road (23.1902°S 150.2595°E / -23.1902; 150.2595 (Garnant State School (former))).[6][7]

In the 2016 census Garnant had a population of 99 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Garnant (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Garnant – locality in Rockhampton Region (entry 48646)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 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. "HOW SCHOOL WAS GIVEN A WELSH NAME". The Evening News (2789). Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1930. p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "PUBLIC WORKS". The Brisbane Courier (22, 560). Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 14 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Yaamba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 January 2021.


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