Garnant, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Garnant
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-23.1713|150.2613|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Garnant (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 90
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4702
| area = 96.8
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 10.9
| dir1 = N
| location1 = Ridgelands
| dist2 = 40.9
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Rockhampton CBD
| dist3 = 672
| dir3 = NNW
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Rockhampton Region
| stategov = Mirani
| fedgov = Flynn
| near-n = Canoona
| near-ne = Yaamba
| near-e = South Yaamba
| near-se = South Yaamba
| near-s = Ridgelands
| near-sw = Morinish
| near-w = Morinish
| near-nw = Morinish
}}
Garnant is a rural locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48646|Garnant|locality in Rockhampton Region|accessdate=28 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Garnant had a population of 90 people.
History
Garnant State School opened on 11 September 1930.{{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 }} The school was called Garnant after the town Garnant in Glamorganishire, Wales, which was the home town of local resident Abraham Jones who took a leading role in establishing the school.{{cite news|last=|first=|date=8 August 1930|title=HOW SCHOOL WAS GIVEN A WELSH NAME.|page=1|newspaper=The Evening News|issue=2789|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201509816|url-status=live|accessdate=13 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113031957/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201509816}} Presumably the locality took its name from the school. The school building was relocated from neighbouring Morinish (as the Morinish State School had closed in 1928).{{cite news |date=20 May 1930 |title=PUBLIC WORKS. |page=10 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=22,560 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21538410 |accessdate=14 January 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=12 June 1930 |title=MORINISH STATE SCHOOL. |page=8 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=20,443 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55369276 |accessdate=14 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=24 July 1930 |title=RIDGELANDS |volume=1 |page=44 |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |issue=30 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70324299 |accessdate=14 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} Garnant State School closed in 1969.{{Cite QSA Agency|9014|Garnant State School|26 December 2024
}} It was on Evans Road ({{Coord|-23.1902|150.2595|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Garnant State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1942|title=Yaamba|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-yaamba-emergency-ed-1942.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113032011/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-yaamba-emergency-ed-1942.jpg|archive-date=13 January 2021|access-date=13 January 2021|website=|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=13 January 2021}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Garnant had a population of 99 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31112|name=Garnant (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Garnant had a population of 90 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31100|name=Garnant (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Garnant. The nearest government primary school is Ridgelands State School in neighbouring Ridgelands to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Rockhampton State High School in Wandal, Rockhampton, to the south-east. There are also non-governments schools in Rockhampton and its suburbs.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}