Wivenhoe Pocket

Coordinates: 27°25′55″S 152°37′5″E / 27.43194°S 152.61806°E / -27.43194; 152.61806

Wivenhoe Pocket
Somerset Region, Queensland
Population 498 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 4306
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Dickson
Suburbs around Wivenhoe Pocket:
Wivenhoe Hill Wivenhoe Dam Split Yard Creek
Patrick Estate Wivenhoe Pocket England Creek
Lowood Vernor Fernvale

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. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wivenhoe Pocket (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 "Wivenhoe Pocket (entry 44936)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

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