Kents Lagoon, Queensland

Warrill Creek marks the western boundary of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=18 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 }}

Kents Lagoon is a waterhole ({{coord|-27.8869|152.6302|type:waterbody_region:AU-QLD|name=Kents Lagoon}}) and presumably the origin of the name of the locality. The lagoon may have been named after journalist John Kent (1809-1862) who was the editor of The North Australian newspaper, published in Ipswich.{{cite QPN|17989|Kents Lagoon|waterhole in Scenic Rim Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}} The lagoon is long but thin, extending from the north of the locality to the south.

Obum Obum Hill is in the east of the locality ({{coord|-27.9077|152.6386|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Obum Obum Hill}}), rising {{convert|153|m}} above sea level.{{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|25220|Obum Obum Hill|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

The land use is predominantly irrigated crop-growing in the west of the locality, with grazing on native vegetation in the east of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=18 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 }}

The lagoon was named by Ludwig Leichhardt after F. Kent, the then owner of Fassifern station.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36798624 |title=Nomenclature Of Queensland.–163. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=7 April 1936 |access-date=9 April 2015 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104084037/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36798624 |url-status=live }}{{dubious|date=November 2019}}

Irrigated farms of {{Convert|124 to 234|acre||abbr=}} first went to auction in January 1906 as part of the Kent's Lagoon Paddock Estate. The estate was bounded by Warrill Creek to the west, the now closed Mundbilla railway station to the north-east, and Main Road (now Munbilla Road) to the east.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Fassifern Estate Queensland |type=Map |date=1906 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/18564}}

The Mount Edwards railway line opened in 1922 and closed in 1960.{{Cite web|author=Southern Downs Steam Railway|date=2009|title='Via recta' - The line that never was|url=http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912090308/http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php|archive-date=12 September 2009|access-date=25 October 2009}}{{Cite web|author=QR Limited|title=Rail as foremost mode of travel|url=http://www.corporate.qr.com.au/history/competition/competition.asp|access-date=25 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912170503/http://www.corporate.qr.com.au/history/competition/competition.asp|archive-date=12 September 2009|df=dmy-all}} The locality was served by the Waraperta railway station ({{Coord|-27.90333|152.63278|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Waraperta railway station (former)}}) on Munbilla Road. It was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 28 November 1914 Waraperta is an Aboriginal word meaning tommahawk.{{Cite web|date=1955|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m38|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m38-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2022|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621054045/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m38-admin-bdy-1955.jpg}}{{Cite QPN|39340|Warperta|railway station (now absent) in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=4 January 2022}}{{cite news |date=2 November 1922 |title=ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111125704 |accessdate=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Queensland Times |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LXIV |issue=11,238}}

In 1981, Barton's Rose Farm opened on a {{Convert|5|ha|adj=on}} site at 541 Kents Lagoon Road ({{coord|-27.8888|152.6217|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=BARTONS ROSE FARM}}).{{Cite web |date=17 November 2020 |title=Building points - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} It was a farm that grew and sold roses and rose bushes.{{Cite news |date=5 February 2018 |title=Kalbar rose farm continues to bloom |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ipswich/kalbar-rose-farm-continues-to-bloom/news-story/5e412afdea43049c627f773e1c517a59 |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=The Queensland Times}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-29 |title=Roses |url=https://www.bartonsrosefarm.com.au/roses |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329033709/https://www.bartonsrosefarm.com.au/roses |archive-date=2020-03-29 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Bartons Rose Farm}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-29 |title=Bartons Rose Farm |url=https://www.bartonsrosefarm.com.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329033455/https://www.bartonsrosefarm.com.au/ |archive-date=2020-03-29 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=}} It closed on 16 June 1921.{{Cite web |title=Bartons Rose Farm & Functions |url=https://www.facebook.com/p/Bartons-Rose-Farm-Functions-100069897691262/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |publisher=Facebook}}

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Kents Lagoon had a population of 56.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31524|name=Kents Lagoon (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}} The locality contained 24 households, in which 51.6% of the population were males and 48.4% of the population were females with a median age of 38, the same as the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,624, $186 above the national average.

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Kents Lagoon had a population of 60 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31509|name=Kents Lagoon (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Kents Lagoon. The nearest government primary schools are Kalbar State School in neighbouring Kalbar to the south and Warrill View State School in Warrill View to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the south-east.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=18 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 }}

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