Wilsons Pocket
| Wilsons Pocket Queensland | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Wilsons Pocket | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°07′29″S 152°48′14″E / 26.1247°S 152.8038°ECoordinates: 26°07′29″S 152°48′14″E / 26.1247°S 152.8038°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.1 km2 (7.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Wilsons Pocket is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
History
The locality was named after Albert Henry Wilson, (approx. 1841 to 1886), one of the earliest landholders in the area. Wilson was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, and he probably immigrated to Queensland on the Lady McDonald in 1856. He married Mary Cahill at Proston station on 8 June 1869 and they had two sons. He selected Portion 1120, Parish of Goomborian on 20th July 1878 which was granted on 1st March 1883. From 1875 to about 1882, he worked at the Golden Crown gold mine in Gympie, but may have been farming his selection on Tinana Creek at the same time. He obtained a tin miner's liceence in Herberton in April 1882 and died at the Mount Wells tin mine in the Northern Territory in 1886. Following Albert Wilson's death, the title for the property on Tinana Creek was transferred to his wife, Mary Wilson on 29th April 1887.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Wilsons Pocket - locality in Gympie Region (entry 46400)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.