Nindaroo
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| Looking west on Orphanage Road, on the boundary of Nindaroo (south & left) and Habana (north & right), 2016 Looking west on Orphanage Road, on the boundary of Nindaroo (south & left) and Habana (north & right), 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 255 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 32.69/km2 (84.7/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4740 | ||||||||||||
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Nindaroo is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Nindaroo had a population of 255 people.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The Mackay-Habana Road enters the locality from the south-east (Richmond) and exits to the north-west (Habana).[3]
The terrain ranges from 5 to 140 metres (16 to 459 ft) above sea level with the lower elevations in the north-east of the locatity and the highest elevations in the south. There is one named peak, The Dome (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) rising to 136 metres (446 ft) in the west of the locality.[4][5]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small area growing sugarcane in the south-east of the locality. There is also rural residential housing, mostly on the slopes in the east of the locality.[6]
History
[edit | edit source]Nindaroo Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909, it became Nindaroo State School, before closing in 1963.[7] The school was located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), now in neighbouring Richmond.[8][9][10]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In the 2016 census, Nindaroo had a population of 239 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Nindaroo had a population of 255 people.[1]
Education
[edit | edit source]There are no schools in Nindaroo. The nearest government primary schools are:[12]
- Beaconsfield State School in Beaconsfield to the south-east
- Northview State School in Mount Pleasant to the south-east
- Farleigh State School in neighbouring Farleigh to the south-west
- Eimeo Road State School in neighbouring Rural View to the east
The nearest government secondary schools are:[12]
- Mackay Northern Beaches State High School in neighbouring Rural View to the east
- Mackay North State High School in North Mackay to the south-east
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
