Crownthorpe is a rural

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split between the

South Burnett Region The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia. In the , the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people. Geography The South Burnett Region covers an area , containing a ...

and the

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and ...

, in

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, Australia. In the , Crownthorpe had a population of 45 people.

Geography

Crownthorpe Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south ( Tablelands) and exiting to the north-east (

Boonara Boonara is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Boonara had a population of 60 people. History The Boonara pastoral station was established in 1846. Boonara Homestead was built in 1862 by the sons of David ...

). Double Knob is a mountain on the northern border of the locality adjoining Cobbs Hill () rising to above sea level. The land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

In February 1914, tenders for called for an open-air school (a simple structure with canvas walls). Crownthorpe Provisional School was officially opened on 1 September 1914 by Thomas Armstrong, the Chairman of the Murgon Shire Council. The opening of the school had been delayed until a teacher could be obtained. The first teacher was Miss Janie Bell. On 1 December 1914, it became Crownthorpe State School. It closed in 1952. It was on the south-western corner of Crownthorpe Road and Goomeri West Road (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Crownthorpe had a population of 41 people. In the , Crownthorpe had a population of 45 people.

Education

There are no schools in Crownthorpe. The nearest government primary school is Cloyna State School in Cloyna to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Murgon State High School in

Murgon Murgon () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,220 people. Geography Murgon is in the region of Queensland ...

to the south.

References

South Burnett Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland {{GympieRegion-geo-stub