Camboon, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Camboon

| city =

| state = qld

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|-25.0027|150.3461|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Camboon (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 76

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4719

| area = 1714.1

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 20.6

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Theodore

| dist2 = 69.4

| dir2 = S

| location2 = Moura

| dist3 = 126

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Biloela

| dist4 = 247

| dir4 = SE

| location4 = Gladstone

| dist5 = 529

| dir5 = NW

| location5 = Brisbane

| lga = Shire of Banana

| stategov = Callide

| fedgov = Flynn

| near-n = Castle Creek

| near-ne = Thangool
Harrami

| near-e = Rawbelle

| near-se = Eidsvold West

| near-s = Cracow

| near-sw = Isla

| near-w = Isla

| near-nw = Lonesome Creek

}}

Camboon is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|49540|Camboon|locality in Shire of Banana|accessdate=26 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Camboon had a population of 76 people.

Geography

Dingley Dell is a neighbourhood in the north-east of the locality ({{coord|-24.7833|150.5666|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Dingley Dell (neighbourhood)}}).{{cite QPN|9992|Dingley Dell|locality unbounded in Shire of Banana|access-date=24 November 2022}}

There are a number of protected areas in the locality within:

Montour State Forest in the north-east of locality (extending into neighbouring Rawbelle to the east)
Camboon State Forest in the south-east of the locality (extending into neighbouring Cracow to the south)

Apart from the protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

Camboon has the following mountains:

Bald Mountain ({{coord|-24.9907|150.2361|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Bald Mountain}}) {{convert|410|m}}{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|1329|Bald Mountain|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Dicks Lookout ({{coord|-25.1140|150.3240|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Dicks Lookout}}) {{convert|420|m}}{{cite QPN|9905|Dicks Lookout|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Appenben ({{coord|-24.9158|150.2870|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Appenben}}) {{convert|406|m}}{{cite QPN|681|Mount Appenben|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Coangal ({{coord|-25.0236|150.4142|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Coangal}}) {{convert|499|m}}{{cite QPN|7548|Mount Coangal|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Kable ({{coord|-25.0658|150.3633|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Kable}}) {{convert|500|m}}{{cite QPN|17525|Mount Kable|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Kandoonan ({{coord|-24.9719|150.4268|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Kandoonan}}) {{convert|546|m}}{{cite QPN|17648|Mount Kandoonan|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Mungungal ({{coord|-25.0823|150.4040|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Mungungal}}) {{convert|568|m}}{{cite QPN|23490|Mount Mungungal|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Okangal ({{coord|-25.0138|150.2837|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Okangal}}) {{convert|540|m}}{{cite QPN|25254|Mount Okangal|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Ox ({{coord|-25.0685|150.1736|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Ox}}) {{convert|326|m}}{{cite QPN|25687|Mount Ox|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Shirley ({{coord|-25.1369|150.3042|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Shirley}}) {{convert|380|m}}{{cite QPN|30755|Mount Shirley|mountain in Banana Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}

History

The name Camboon is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word caamboon meaning the bullrushes growing at the edge of waterholes.

On Tuesday 7 May 1868, the Queensland Government auctioned 32 town lots, each {{Convert|2|rood|acre ha}}, in the town of Camboon.{{cite news |date=9 April 1868 |title=Advertising |page=3 |newspaper=Rockhampton Bulletin And Central Queensland Advertiser |issue=894 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51569740 |accessdate=26 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} The town site was at {{Coord|-25.0335|50.4338|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Camboon (town)}}, near the head station of the Camboon pastoral run.{{Cite web |date=1949 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m161 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m161-admin-bdy-1949.jpg |access-date=26 February 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{Cite book |last=Frew |first=Joan |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/comp/12599 |title=Queensland post offices, 1842-1980 and receiving offices, 1869-1927 |publisher=Joan Frew |isbn=978-0-9593973-0-7 |publication-date=1981 |page=224 |pages= |chapter=11c Post Offices C}}

A post office opened on 1 June 1874. It closed on 16 October 1965.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 7 June 2014}}

Camboon Provisional School opened about 1899 but closed in 1908 due to low enrolments. In 1910, the school was reopened but only operated half-time in conjunction with the newly opened Camboon Woolshed Provisional School. Both schools were closed in 1915.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}

Clare Provisional School opened on 19 July 1921. Newestella Provisional School opened on 29 August 1921. The two schools were operated as half-time schools in conjunction (meaning that they shared a teacher between them). Both schools closed in December 1923 due to low student numbers.

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Camboon had a population of 93 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30498|name=Camboon (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Camboon had a population of 76 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30495|name=Camboon (SAL)|accessdate=26 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

There are no schools in Camboon. The nearest government primary schools are Theodore State School in Theodore to the west and Thangool State School in neighbouring Thangool to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Theodore State School (to Year 10), Biloela State High School in Biloela to the north and Moura State High School in Moura to the north-west. However, the distances to these schools may be too far for a daily commute from some parts of the locality; distance education and boarding schools are the other options.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=25 February 2023}}

Events

Camboon hosts an annual campdraft every May.{{cite web|title=Simple Pleasures: Banana Shire|url=http://www.gladstoneregion.info/Portals/3/DOCUMENTS/Brochures%20etc/Banana%20Shire%20Simple%20Pleasures%20Tour%20Visitor%20Guide.pdf|website=The Gladstone Region|publisher=Tourism Queensland|accessdate=8 June 2014|page=3|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715074337/http://www.gladstoneregion.info/Portals/3/DOCUMENTS/Brochures%20etc/Banana%20Shire%20Simple%20Pleasures%20Tour%20Visitor%20Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

References

Category:Shire of Banana

Category:Localities in Queensland