Kalapa, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 23°27′09″S 150°12′18″E / 23.4525°S 150.205°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 161.8 km2 (62.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 97 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.600/km2 (1.553/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4702 | ||||||||||||
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Kalapa is a rural locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Kalapa had a population of 97 people.[1]
Originally known as Woodend, the name was officially changed to Kalapa in 1923 to avoid confusion with other communities of the same name, such as Woodend.[3][4]
Woodend State School opened on 8 June 1915 after local property owner Benjamin Dallow donated two acres of land to the education department to erect a new primary school.[5] The opening was celebrated with a picnic on the banks of Neerkol Creek and an evening dance at the new school, where an official ceremony was also held, during which Dallow declared the school open.[5] Some improvements were implemented following the initial opening, including raising the school onto stumps and boarding up unenclosed sides.[6] The school was then officially opened by Herbert Hardacre in February 1917.[7]
In 1934, Woodend State School was renamed Kalapa State School in line with the community's name change a decade earlier,[8] and was situated at 22 Kalapa Black Mountain Road (23°30′38″S 150°16′06″E / 23.5105°S 150.2682°E).[9]
Kalapa State School closed on 13 December 1996.[8][10] Following the school's closure, the building was donated and relocated to the Rockhampton Heritage Village township museum at Parkhurst where it has been preserved as a typical Australian country school of the 20th century.[11] In 2015, the school's centenary was celebrated at Kalapa which included opening a time capsule which had been buried at the school's 75th anniversary in 1990.[12]
In 2013, Australia's first farm-born, hand-cloned cow was born on a local Kalapa cattle property which attracted considerable interest from the scientific community and agricultural industry.[13][14][15][16] The calf, named "Eve", was cloned from a prize Australian Brangus cow which had been purchased for $20,000.[15] It was born on Oaklands Brangus Stud during the 2013 floods which were caused by ex-Cyclone Oswald.[14] Australian reproductive specialists described the event as significant as it was believed to have been the first time a successful handmade cloning had been achieved using a somatic cell nuclear transfer outside a laboratory setting.[14]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Kalapa had a population of 86 people.[17]
In the 2021 census, Kalapa had a population of 97 people.[1]
