Carnarvon Park, Queensland
Suburb of Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia
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Carnarvon Park is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.[1]
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Carnarvon National Park within Carnarvon Park, 2018 | |
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| Coordinates: 24.7183°S 147.8733°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
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| Area | |
• Total | 2,395.7 km2 (925.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12 (2021 census)[1] |
| • Density | 0.00501/km2 (0.0130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) |
| Postcode | 4702 |
Geography
Carnarvon Park consists of two separate areas of land, separated by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of land which is part of Mount Moffatt and Rewan.[3]
North-western section
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| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 12 | ||||||||||||
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The Great Dividing Range forms all of the western boundary most of the southern boundary of this section.[4]
The Nogoa River rises in neighbouring Caldervale to the south-west, entering from section from the south-west and exiting to the north (Buckland).[3]
The north-western section is entirely within the Carnarvon National Park, extending into the neighbouring localities of Upper Warrego and Mount Moffatt.[5]
The north-western section has the following mountains and passes (from west to east):
- Spyglass Peak (24.8163°S 147.1977°E) 548 metres (1,798 ft)[6][7]
- Mount Salvator (24.8509°S 147.2146°E) 614 metres (2,014 ft)[6][8]
- Mount Flat Top (24.8701°S 147.3378°E) 755 metres (2,477 ft)[6][9]
- Fred Hill (24.8281°S 147.3446°E) 705 metres (2,313 ft)[6][10]
- Cave Hill (24.8495°S 147.3815°E) 731 metres (2,398 ft)[6][11]
- Mount Mooloolong (24.8430°S 147.3921°E) 767 metres (2,516 ft)[6][12]
- Red Hill (24.8321°S 147.4488°E) 750 metres (2,460 ft)[6][13]
- Mount Ka Ka Mundi (24.7996°S 147.4934°E) 890 metres (2,920 ft)[6][14]
- Mount Cheops (24.5285°S 147.9587°E) 715 metres (2,346 ft)[6][15]
- Mount Lethbridge (24.8720°S 147.9786°E) 1,040 metres (3,410 ft)[6][16]
- Kelmans Gap (24.8957°S 147.9901°E)[6]
- Round Mountain (24.8223°S 147.9902°E) 1,051 metres (3,448 ft)[6][17]
- Ben Cona (24.5524°S 148.0647°E) 703 metres (2,306 ft)[6][18]
South-eastern section
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| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 12 | ||||||||||||
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The Great Dividing Range forms all of the north-western, western, and south-western boundary of this section.[4]
Almost all of the south-eastern section is within the Carnarvon National Park except for a small area within the Boxvale State Forest in the most south-easterly part of the section. This national park also extends partially into the neighbouring locality of Mount Moffatt.[5]
The south-eastern section has the following mountains and canyons (from west to east):
- Mount Percy (25.0131°S 148.0937°E) 1,151 metres (3,776 ft)[6][19]
- Carnarvon Gorge (25.0467°S 148.1997°E)[6]
- Wards Canyon (Angiopteris Ravine) (25.0436°S 148.2035°E)[6]
- Consuelo Peak (24.9428°S 148.2080°E) 1,174 metres (3,852 ft)[6][20]
- Mount Acland (Black Alley Peak) (24.9650°S 148.2380°E) 966 metres (3,169 ft)[6][21]
- Mount Hodgson (25.1287°S 148.2528°E) 986 metres (3,235 ft)[6][22]
History
In 1932, a section of the Carnarvon Gorge was declared as Carnarvon National Park, a proposal from the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.[23][24][25]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Carnarvon Park had "no people or a very low population".[26]
In the 2021 census, Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Carnarvon Park. The nearest government primary school is Arcadia Valley State School in Arcadia Valley, a neighbouring locality to the south-east of south-eastern section, but it would be too distant from most of the two sections for a daily commute. There are no nearby secondary schools. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[27]
