Wivenhoe Pocket
Coordinates: 27°25′55″S 152°37′5″E / 27.43194°S 152.61806°E
Wivenhoe Pocket Somerset Region, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 498 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4306 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Dickson | ||||||||||||||
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Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 498.[1]
History
Wivenhoe Pocket was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England.[2]
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wivenhoe Pocket (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- 1 2 "Wivenhoe Pocket (entry 44936)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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