Cannon Valley, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Cannon Valley
State:qld
Coordinates:-20.3158°N 148.6511°W
Pop:1131
Postcode:4800
Area:16.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:5.44
Dir1:SW
Location1:Cannonvale
Dist2:16.7
Dir2:NW
Location2:Proserpine
Dist3:265
Dir3:SW
Location3:Townsville
Dist4:1117
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Whitsunday Region
Stategov:Whitsunday
Fedgov:Dawson
Near-N:Woodwark
Near-Ne:Cannonvale
Near-E:Cape Conway
Near-Se:Brandy Creek
Near-S:Mount Marlow
Near-Sw:Strathdickie
Near-W:Sugarloaf
Near-Nw:Riordanvale

Cannon Valley is a semi-rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Cannon Valley had a population of 1,131 people.

Geography

The Proserpine-Shute Harbour Road (State Route 59) runs through from south (Proserpine) to north (Cannonvale).

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.

History

George Strong Nares (Royal Navy), the commander of, 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).[2]

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.[3] Cannon Valley State School was at 1-11 Abell Road (north-east corner of Shute Harbour,).[4] 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.

Demographics

In the, Cannon Valley had a population of 963 people.

In the, Cannon Valley had a population of 1,131 people.

Education

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.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 9 November 2018.
  2. 10 November 2018.
  3. Web site: History. Cannonvale State School. https://web.archive.org/web/20181110101609/https://cannonvaless.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx. 10 November 2018. live. 10 November 2018.
  4. Web site: 1968 . 8657-III-North Cannon Valley . 28 August 2023 . . Map.