Cannon Valley, Queensland

The Proserpine-Shute Harbour Road (State Route 59) runs through from south (Proserpine) to north (Cannonvale).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Cannon+Valley+QLD+4800/@-20.3174891,148.6197565,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bd9cc506c476005:0x500eef17f210a20!8m2!3d-20.3084591!4d148.6598511|title=Cannon Valley, Queensland|access-date=20 August 2021}}

Extending south from Cannonvale, the locality east of the road is increasingly being developed as residential housing, both as suburban lots and larger rural residential lots. The land use to the west of the road remains mostly grazing on native vegetation.

George Strong Nares (Royal Navy), the commander of {{HMS|Salamander}}, named the area Cannon Valley, after Richard Cannon, the assistant surgeon on the ship. When town lots were sold in the coastal area 1904, the town name used was Cannonvale (which is now the neighbouring locality).{{Cite QPN|49530|Cannonvale|locality in Whitsunday Region|accessdate=10 November 2018}}

Cannon Valley State School opened in 1910 in Cannon Valley. In 1968, it was decided to relocate the school into Cannonvale as the majority of the students were coming from Cannonvale. The new school buildings in Cannonvale opened in July 1969 with 84 students and the school was then renamed Cannonvale State School.{{Cite web|url=https://cannonvaless.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx|title=History|last=|first=|date=|website=Cannonvale State School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110101609/https://cannonvaless.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx|archive-date=10 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2018}} Cannon Valley State School was at 1-11 Abell Road (north-east corner of Shute Harbour, {{Coord|-20.2890|148.6784|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cannon Valley State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1968 |title=8657-III-North Cannon Valley |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-31680-line-colour-8657-iii-n-cannon-valley-1968/original |access-date=28 August 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}} Although the school's original location was outside of Cannonvale in 1969, that location is now within the present-day boundary of Cannonvale due to the growth of Cannonvale.

Windermere State School opened on 21 March 1922.{{cite news |date=11 March 1922 |title=NEW STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181934970 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=13 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=15,378}} It consisted of one room {{Convert|21 by 14|ft}} with an awning {{Convert|27 by 9|ft}}. In 1936, a new school building was erected with the old building sold for removal.{{cite news |date=24 October 1936 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226665229 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |newspaper=The Proserpine Guardian |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=31 |issue=2046}}{{cite news |date=17 March 1936 |title=STATE PUBLIC WORKS |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36811338 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=795}}{{cite news |date=3 April 1936 |title=NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184476762 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |newspaper=Daily Standard |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=7242}} The school closed in 1942.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite QSA Agency|9278|Windermere State School|2 November 2024

}} In 1946, the school building was relocated to Proserpine State School to support the expansion of that school to offer secondary schooling.{{cite news |date=22 February 1946 |title=STATE SCHOOL |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227402363 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |newspaper=The Proserpine Guardian |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=41 |issue=2786}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=PROSERPINE STATE SCHOOL: 125 years of Education. |url=https://www.mackayandwhitsundaylife.com/article/proserpine-state-school-125-years-of-education |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Mackay and Whitsunday life}} Windermere State School was on the south-eastern corner of Shute Harbour Road and Cannon Valley Road ({{Coord|-20.3235|148.6539|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Windermere State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1943 |title=Proserpine |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-proserpine-emergency-ed-1943/original |access-date=2 November 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{Cite web |date=1940 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m312 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m312-surv-control-1940/original |access-date=2 November 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Watercourse; Land Parcel |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Cannon Valley had a population of 963 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30524|name=Cannon Valley (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cannon Valley had a population of 1,131 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30520|name=Cannon Valley (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Cannon Valley. The nearest government primary schools are Cannonvale State School in neighbouring Cannonvale to the north-east and Proserpine State School in Proserpine to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Proserpine State High School, also in Proserpine.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=27 August 2023}}

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• {{cite book |title=Souvenir of the Cannon Valley School : 1910 - 1969 : and the opening of the Cannonvale School |date=1969 |publisher=Cannonvale State School|url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183592273502061}}

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