Cania, Queensland

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Cania
Queensland
Dragon Cave, Cania Gorge National Park
Cania is located in Queensland
Cania
Cania
Coordinates24°34′54″S 150°59′39″E / 24.5816°S 150.9941°E / -24.5816; 150.9941 (Cania (centre of locality))
Population27 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.0573/km2 (0.1484/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4630
Area471.1 km2 (181.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)North Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Cania:
Valentine Plains Tablelands Boyne Valley
Lawgi Dawes Cania Monal
Coominglah Coominglah Forest Moonford

Cania is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Cania had a population of 27 people.[1]

Geography

Cania Dam, 2021

Three Moon Creek rises in the north of the locality (24°23′54″S 151°02′44″E / 24.39831°S 151.04558°E / -24.39831; 151.04558 (Three Moon Creek (source))) and flows south through the locality into Lake Cania, created by the Cania Dam in the south of the locality (24°39′00″S 150°59′09″E / 24.65004°S 150.98592°E / -24.65004; 150.98592 (Cania Dam)).[3]

There are a number of protected areas in Cania:[4]

History

Thomas Archer was the first European to explore the headwaters of the Burnett River in the 1840s.[5]

Cania pastoral station was established in the 1850s raising sheep until 1883, after which beef and dairy cattle were added.[6]

Gold was discovered in the Cania Gorge in 1870.[7] The gold mining town of Cania was established near Three Moon Creek and gold mining continued there until the early 1920s.[6]

Cania Provisional School opened in 1890. It became Cania State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendance numbers, it closed in 1930.[8]

The construction of the Cania Dam across Three Moon Creek in 1982 flooded the former town of Cania. However, headstones from the town's cemetery were relocated to the dam lookout.[9] At low water levels, the tops of some of the town's buildings become visible, which last occurred in 2010.[6]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cania had a population of 28 people.[10]

In the 2021 census, Cania had a population of 27 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Cania. The nearest government primary school is Monto State School in Monto to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School, also in Monto. However, some parts of Cania are too far from Monto for a daily commute, so distance education and boarding school are other options.[4]

Amenities

There is boat ramp into the Cania Dam (24°38′52″S 150°58′55″E / 24.6477°S 150.9820°E / -24.6477; 150.9820 (Cania Dam boat ramp)). It is managed by the North Burnett Regional Council.[11]

Attractions

There are numerous lookouts in Cania:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cania (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Cania – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 45327)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Cania, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Archer, Thomas" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ a b c "Cania Gorge & National Park - Monto Magic". 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  7. ^ "MINING". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 895. Queensland, Australia. 30 April 1870. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. ^ a b "Cania Dam". Sunwater. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  10. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cania (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ "Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Tourist points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

Further reading

  • Bleys, Beryl; Bleys, Cecil (2005). Cania diggings : goldfield memories. Monto History Centre.
  • Pullar, Ian; Cook, Margaret (2001). Watery sauces: a people’s history of the Water Resources Commission (Queensland) and its predecessors 1881-1995. Dept. of Natural Resources and Mines. ISBN 0734517874.