Moy Pocket, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Moy Pocket
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.5277°N 152.743°W
Pop:120
Postcode:4574
Area:18.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:34.2
Dir1:SW
Location1:Cooroy
Dist2:44.9
Dir2:S
Location2:Gympie
Dist3:55.6
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Maleny
Dist4:158
Dir4:N
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Gympie Region
Stategov:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:Bollier
Near-Ne:Belli Park
Near-E:Belli Park
Near-Se:Gheerulla
Near-S:Gheerulla
Near-Sw:Kenilworth
Near-W:Brooloo
Near-Nw:Brooloo

Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road. The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.

Moy Pocket has the following mountains:[2]

Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).[6]

The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.[7]

History

The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality .[8] [9] [10]

Demographics

In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.

In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.

Education

There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.[11]

The nearest government secondary schools are:

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses . 16 September 2024 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .
  3. Web site: 12 November 2020 . Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  4. 25 November 2020.
  5. 20 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations . 16 September 2024 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .
  7. Web site: Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use . 17 September 2024 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .
  8. News: 14 October 1911 . MOY POCKET. . 17 September 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 7 . National Library of Australia . XLIV . 5739 . 17 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917025253/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190885442 . live .
  9. Web site: 1981 . 9444-14 Gheerulla Creek . 17 September 2024 . . Map . 17 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917024537/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9444-14-gheerulla-creek-ed-1-1981/original . live .
  10. Web site: 1973 . Parish of Kenilworth . 17 September 2024 . . Map . 17 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917024553/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-kenilworth-1973/original . live .
  11. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 16 September 2024 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .