Caboonbah, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Caboonbah
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.1399|152.4761|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Caboonbah (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 13
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4312
| area = 8.3
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 16.8
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Toogoolawah
| dist2 = 17.3
| dir2 = NE
| location2 = Esk
| dist3 = 96.7
| dir3 = NW
| location3 = Brisbane CBD
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Somerset Region
| stategov = Nanango
| fedgov = Blair
| near-n = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-ne = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-e = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-se = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-s = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-sw = Coal Creek
| near-w = Mount Beppo
| near-nw = Mount Beppo
}}
Caboonbah is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44850|Caboonbah|locality in Somerset Region|access-date=14 August 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Caboonbah had a population of 13 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the south by Lake Wivenhoe and to the east and north by the Brisbane River.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Caboonbah+QLD+4312/@-27.1491072,152.4588859,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b9418e3a8526995:0x400eef17f20c2c0!8m2!3d-27.1417102!4d152.4987948!5m1!1e4 |title=Caboonbah, Queensland |access-date=15 September 2021}}
The Esk Kilcoy Road passes through the locality, entering from the south-west (Coal Creek) and exiting to the north-east (the locality of Lake Wivenhoe).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 September 2022}}
History
The locality name derives from the Caboonbah Homestead built by Henry Plantagenet Somerset. The name derives from the Kabi language "cabon gibbah" meaning big rock.
Caboonbah Homestead was built in 1889-90 for grazier Henry Plantagenet Somerset and his wife Katherine Rose (née McConnel) and their family.{{cite QHR|15912|Caboonbah Homestead|601139|accessdate=1 August 2014}} It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 1996. It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Earley |first1=David |date=11 May 2009 |title=Fire destroys Caboonbah Homestead |work=Courier-Mail |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/fire-destroys-homestead/story-e6freon6-1225711205599 |accessdate=4 July 2015}} Caboonbah Homestead was on Esk-Kilcoy Road, now with the neighbouring locality of Lake Wivenhoe.
Caboonbah Undenominational Church is a union church. It was established by Henry Plantagenet Somerset and takes its name, "Caboonbah", from the Somerset family homestead, Caboonbah Homestead, nearby.{{cite news |date=13 December 1939 |title=Markets & Rural - Caboonbah |page=22 |work=The Courier Mail |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40912065?searchTerm=Caboonbah%20church&searchLimits= |accessdate=26 August 2012}} The wooden structure was designed by Somerset's wife Katherine Rose Somerset, the daughter of David Cannon McConnell and Mary McConnel (nee McLeod) who founded the Cressbrook Homestead. The church was built by Lars Andersen. It opened in 1905 to serve the local farming community. It is located on Cressbrook-Caboonbah Road ({{Coord|-27.13412|152.46732|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Caboonbah Undenominational Church}}), now within the neighbouring locality of Mount Beppo.{{Cite web |title=Caboonbah Undenominational Church |url=http://bvhs.org.au/church.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050615145221/http://bvhs.org.au/church.htm |archive-date=2005-06-15 |access-date=6 September 2022 |website=Brisbane Valley Historical Society}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Caboonbah had a population of 14 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30476|name=Caboonbah (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Caboonbah had a population of 13 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30473|name=Caboonbah (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Caboonbah. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Toogoolawah State School and Toogoolawah State High School respectively, both in Toogoolawah to the north-west.