Sexton is a rural

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in 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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Sexton had a population of 187 people.

History

The

Nanango railway line The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland, Australia. On 31 October 1882, parliament approved the construction of a branch line from Theebine (then called Kilkivan Junction) west to Kilkivan after gol ...

opened in December 1886 as far as Kilkivan with the locality being served by Sexton railway station (). The railway line through Sexton was mothballed in 2006 and officially closed in 2010. Carmyle Provisional School opened on 30 July 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Carmyle State School. It closed in 1910. The school reopened in 1911 when it was described as being plus a verandah and was well-ventilated with six windows and a door. At that time, it had 16 students under teacher Miss Grace Smith. The school closed in December 1963. In 1921, the school was on the eastern side of Devil Mountain Road (). From 1936 to 1961, it was on the eastern corner of Lower Wide Bay Road and Carmyle Road (). Sexton Provisional School opened in 1913. On 1 December 1914, it became Sexton State School. In March 1922, it became a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Miva Provisional School (meaning the two schools shared a single teacher who taught at each school in alternating weeks). The two schools were closed in September 1924. The school was on a site in the north-eastern corner of the council's gravel reserve (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Sexton had a population of 161 people. In the , Sexton had a population of 187 people.

Education

There are no schools in Sexton. The nearest government primary schools are Woolooga State School in neighbouring Woolooga to the west, Theebine State School in

Theebine Theebine is a rural town and locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Theebine had a population of 145 people. Geography The town is located north of the ...

to the north-east, and Chatsworth State School in Chatsworth to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school in James Nash State High School in Gympie to the south-east. There are also non-government schools in Gympie and its suburbs.

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