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Coalstoun Lakes
Queensland
Portrait of female Red Cross workers taken on Redcross Day, Coalstoun Lakes, 1918 (8862637730).jpg
Red Cross workers on Red Cross Day, 19 July 1918
Coalstoun Lakes is located in Queensland
Coalstoun Lakes
Coalstoun Lakes
Location in Queensland
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)
Location
LGA(s) North Burnett Region
State electorate(s) Callide
Federal Division(s) Flynn
Localities around Coalstoun Lakes:
Wilson Valley Didcot Biggenden
Ginoondan Coalstoun Lakes Biggenden
Ban Ban Ban Ban Dundarrah

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 / -25.6121; 151.8901 (Coalstoun Lakes State School)). 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.

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