The Narrows, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
The Narrows
State:qld
Coordinates:-23.613°N 150.9649°W
Pop:0
Postcode:4695
Area:323.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:27.6
Dir1:S
Location1:Mount Larcom
Dist2:50.9
Dir2:NNW
Location2:Gladstone
Dist3:103
Dir3:SE
Location3:Rockhampton
Dist4:587
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Gladstone Region
Stategov:Gladstone
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Coral Sea
Near-Ne:Curtis Island
Near-E:Curtis Island
Near-Se:Targinnie
Near-S:Darts Creek
Mount Larcom
Near-Sw:Marmor
Raglan
Near-W:Port Alma
Near-Nw:Thompson Point

The Narrows is a coastal locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, The Narrows had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The waters and inlets of the Coral Sea form the north-western, northern, and north-eastern boundaries. The locality shares its name with The Narrows channel on the north-east of the locality (-23.6367°N 151.0678°W) that separates the Queensland mainland from Curtis Island.[2]

The northern part of the locality is wetlands and includes Balaclava Island (-23.5836°N 150.923°W).[3] Strictly Balaclava is three separate islands as narrow channels pass through Balaclava; it has a combined land area of .[4]

Ramsay Crossing is a ford between the locality and Curtis Island.[5] It is approximately across.

The northern part of the locality is marshland. The southern part of the locality is a protected area consisting of:

History

Balaclava Island was named in 1864 by Commander J. Jeffrey of the Royal Navy, the captain of the HM Colonial Schooner Pearl, 1864, after the 1854 Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, which included the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Rundle Range National Park was gazetted on 16 December 1994 to protect an area of Casuarina cristata and dry rainforest.[6]

Rundle Range Resources Reserve was gazetted on 11 August 2006. It was established to provide a buffer between the national park and the Rundle Shale Oil Project.[7] [8]

Demographics

In the, The Narrows had "no people or a very low population".

In the, The Narrows had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in The Narrows. The nearest government primary schools are Ambrose State School in Ambrose to the south and Mount Larcom State School in Mount Larcom to south. The nearest government secondary schools are Mount Larcom State School (to Year 10) and Gladstone State High School (to Year 12) in West Gladstone to the south-east.

Amenities

There are two boat ramps in the locality, managed by the Gladstone Regional Council. They are in the vicinity of Ramsay Crossing at -23.6385°N 151.0681°W and -23.6431°N 151.0756°W.[9]

Notes and References

  1. 20 July 2021.
  2. 23 November 2021.
  3. 20 July 2021.
  4. "Web site: 12 November 2020. Marine islands - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125063021/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/ffa00969-099d-4fd4-98f8-81e9aea26df6". 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  5. Web site: 2010. 9150-43 The Narrows. 25 November 2021. Queensland Government. Map.
  6. 2 March 2023.
  7. 2 March 2023.
  8. Web site: August 2000 . Rundle Range National Park and Rundle Range Resources Reserve Management Plan . 2 March 2023 . . . 1.
  9. Web site: 12 November 2020. Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122210008/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c. 22 November 2020. 22 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.