East End, Queensland

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East End
Queensland
Willmott State School, teacher Miss Rankin, 1924.JPG
Willmott State School, 1924
East End is located in Queensland
East End
East End
Coordinates23°54′00″S 151°00′20″E / 23.9°S 151.0055°E / -23.9; 151.0055 (East End (centre of locality))
Population59 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.3205/km2 (0.830/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4695
Area184.1 km2 (71.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Gladstone
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around East End:
Machine Creek Mount Larcom Aldoga
Bracewell East End West Stowe
Mount Alma Wooderson West Stowe

East End is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census East End had a population of 59 people.[1]

Geography[]

The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-west (West Stowe) and exits to the north (Mount Larcom).[3]

East End railway station is a railway station on the Blackwater railway system (

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23°52′32″S 150°58′02″E / 23.8755°S 150.9672°E / -23.8755; 150.9672 (East End railway station)).[4]

History[]

The area was originally known as Wilmott after a squatter called Wilmott who brought two flocks of sheep into the area in 1855. One flock was situated near a lagoon approximately 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) long, now called Wilmot Lagoon (

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23°51′07″S 150°59′02″E / 23.8519°S 150.9838°E / -23.8519; 150.9838 (Wilmot Lagoon)).[5][6]

Willmott State School opened on 26 April 1915.[7] In 1936, it was renamed East End State School. The school closed in 1963.[8] It was located at

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23°52′42″S 150°56′38″E / 23.8782°S 150.9439°E / -23.8782; 150.9439 (Wilmott State School, later East End School).[9]

In the 2011 census, East End was included with neighbouring Bracewell; together they had a population of 462 people.[10]

In the 2016 census East End had a population of 59 people.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "East End (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "East End – locality in Gladstone Region (entry 49117)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "WILMOTT AND OTHER FARMS". The Capricornian. Queensland, Australia. 15 November 1924. p. 57. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Wilmot Lagoon – waterhole in the Gladstone Region (entry 37586)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ^ "THE WEEK AT A GLANCE". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 3 April 1915. p. 11. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Agency ID 6166, East End State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Langmorn, Queensland" (JPG) (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bracewell (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
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