Pelican, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°37′14″S 150°51′04″E / 26.6205°S 150.8511°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 99.1 km2 (38.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 40 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.40/km2 (1.05/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4413 | ||||||||||||
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Pelican is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Pelican had a population of 40 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]The locality is bounded to the south by Charleys Creek and the Chinchilla - Wondai Road.[3][4][5]
The land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.[6]
History
[edit]The locality is named after Pelican Station, a pastoral run operated by James Ivory in the early 1850s. It is assumed that pelicans were seen at times on nearby Pelican Lagoon.[2][7]
Pelican Provisional School opened on 22 June 1908, becoming Pelican State School on 1 January 1909, closing about June 1932. It reopened in December 1940, closing in 1986.[8] It was on Burra Burri Creek Road (26°36′13″S 150°52′06″E / 26.6037°S 150.8684°E).[9][10]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census. Pelican had a population of 14 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Pelican had a population of 40 people.[1]
Education
[edit]There are no schools in Pelican. The nearest government primary schools are Burra Burri State School in Burra Burri to the north-east, Brigalow State School in Brigalow to the south, and Chinchilla State School in Chinchilla to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Chinchilla State High School, also in Chinchilla.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pelican (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- 1 2 "Pelican – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47737)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ Pelican, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Outline Map of the Darling Downs District illustrating the Pastoral Holdings" (Map). Queensland Government. 1897. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m83" (Map). Queensland Government. 1939. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pelican (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Pelican State School (1983), Pelican State School 75th jubilee 1908-1983, The School — includes Nudley and Barakula State Schools — via State Library of Queensland
- A short history of Pelican District. Chinchilla News. 1958. — via State Library of Queensland
