| Type: | suburb |
| Cania | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -24.5816°N 150.9941°W |
| Pop: | 27 |
| Postcode: | 4630 |
| Area: | 471.1 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 32.3 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Monto |
| Dist2: | 156 |
| Dir2: | NNW |
| Location2: | Gayndah |
| Dist3: | 192 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Gladstone |
| Dist4: | 520 |
| Dir4: | NW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | North Burnett Region |
| Stategov: | Callide |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Tablelands |
| Near-Ne: | Boyne Valley |
| Near-E: | Monal |
| Near-Se: | Moonford |
| Near-S: | Coominglah Forest |
| Near-Sw: | Coominglah |
| Near-W: | Lawgi Dawes |
| Near-Nw: | Valentine Plains |
Cania is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Cania had a population of 27 people.
Three Moon Creek rises in the north of the locality and flows south through the locality into Lake Cania, created by the Cania Dam in the south of the locality .
There are a number of protected areas in Cania:
Thomas Archer was the first European to explore the headwaters of the Burnett River in the 1840s.
Cania pastoral station was established in the 1850s raising sheep until 1883, after which beef and dairy cattle were added.[2]
Gold was discovered in the Cania Gorge in 1870.[3] The gold mining town of Cania was established near Three Moon Creek and gold mining continued there until the early 1920s.
Cania Provisional School opened in 1890. It became Cania State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendance numbers, it closed in 1930.
The construction of the Cania Dam across Three Moon Creek in 1982 flooded the former town of Cania. However, headstones from the town's cemetery were relocated to the dam lookout.[4] At low water levels, the tops of some of the town's buildings become visible, which last occurred in 2010.
In the, Cania had a population of 28 people.
In the, Cania had a population of 27 people.
There are no schools in Cania. The nearest government primary school is Monto State School in Monto to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School, also in Monto. However, some parts of Cania are too far from Monto for a daily commute, so distance education and boarding school are other options.
There is boat ramp into the Cania Dam (-24.6477°N 150.982°W). It is managed by the North Burnett Regional Council.[5]
There are numerous lookouts in Cania: