Kaban, Queensland
{{Use DMY dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Kaban
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Late afternoon sun, Kaban, 2008.jpg
| caption = Fields in Kaban, 2008
| coordinates = {{coord|-17.5077|145.3819|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Kaban (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 94
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4888
| area = 98.1
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 13.5
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Ravenshoe
| dist2 = 20.2
| dir2 = S
| location2 = Herberton
| dist3 = 42.3
| dir3 = SSW
| location3 = Atherton
| dist4 = 112
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Cairns
| dist5 = 1690
| dir5 = NNW
| location5 = Brisbane
| lga = Tablelands Region
| stategov = Hill
| fedgov = Kennedy
| near-n = Kalunga
| near-ne = Wondecla
| near-e = Evelyn
| near-se = Tumoulin
| near-s = Millstream
| near-sw = Silver Valley
| near-w = Silver Valley
| near-nw = Silver Valley
}}
Kaban is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48687|Kaban|locality in Tablelands Region|accessdate=30 October 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Kaban had a population of 94 people.
History
File:StateLibQld 2 72725 Axemen removing bark from felled walnut trees, Kaban, 1936.jpg
The locality takes its name from the former railway station; it is an Aboriginal word, meaning place of the sugar glider.
Kaban State School opened in 1924.{{cite news |date=29 October 1923 |title=State School for Kaban. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40205583 |accessdate=27 December 2024 |newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXV |issue=4712}} It closed in 1927.{{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}} In 1928, the school building was removed for re-erection at Moresby.{{cite news |date=25 April 1928 |title=BRISBANE STATE SCHOOLS |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179326622 |accessdate=27 December 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=11 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=17,283}}
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Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Kaban had a population of 101 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31479|name=Kaban (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Kaban had a population of 94 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31464|name=Kaban (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Kaban. The nearest government primary schools are Ravenshoe State School in Ravenshoe to the south-east and Herberton State School in Herberton to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Ravenshoe State High School (to Year 12) in Ravenshoe and Herberton State School (to Year 10).{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=26 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 }}
References
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Further reading
{{commons category|Kaban, Queensland}}
- {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997070244702061 |title=Schools of the scrub : Ravenshoe district schools 75th anniversary booklet |date=1987 |publisher=Ravenshoe State School] |isbn=0731604091 |via=State Library of Queensland}} — includes the schools at Evelyn Scrub, Geraldton Road, Horseshoe Bend, Tumoulin, Kaban, Vine Creek, and Chilverton
{{Tablelands Region}}