Coalstoun Lakes, Queensland facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Coalstoun LakesQueensland |
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Red Cross workers on Red Cross Day, 19 July 1918
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Population | 114 (2016 census locality) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.197/km2 (5.69/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4621 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 51.9 km2 (20.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | North Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Coalstoun Lakes is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Coalstoun Lakes had a population of 114 people.
History
The lakes (from which the district takes its place) were named by local pioneer, Nugent Wade Brown, in 1894. The meaning of the name is not known but it has been speculated that Coalstoun is the corruption of an Aboriginal word Goanalganai.
In fact, the name 'Coalstoun' is a corruption of the word 'Colstoun' which was the ancestral home of the Brown family in Scotland. Colstoun is located south of Edinburgh and remains in the Brown family.
Coalstoun Lakes Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1910) and closed in 1976.
Coalstoun Lakes State School opened on 25 July 1910.
Education
Coalstoun Lakes State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 3 Main Street (25°36′44″S 151°53′24″E / 25.6121°S 151.8901°E). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 10 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary school in Coalstoun Lakes. The nearest secondary schools are Biggenden State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Biggenden to the north-east and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in Gayndah to the west.