Cannindah is a rural
locality
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in the
North Burnett Region
The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Cannindah had a population of 35 people.
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Prehistory
In the Mississippian era (358-323 mya) also known as the Early Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
period, the area was part of a shallow sea where coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
formed a coral reef
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that became carbonate rock
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(limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
) underlying the area. Cannindah Reef was the largest-known reef from this period.
History
The locality's name is taken from the name of a pastoral run held in 1853 by Hugh Mackay which is shown on an 1872 map of Southern Queensland and again on an 1878 map of the district.
Demographics
In the , Cannindah had a population of 32 people.
Education
There are no schools in Cannindah. The nearest government primary schools are Monto State School in neighbouring Monto to the west and Mulgildie State School in Mulgildie to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School, also in Monto.
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North Burnett Region
Localities in Queensland