Cania is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ea ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia. In the , Cania had a population of 27 people.

Geography

Three Moon Creek rises in the north of the locality () and flows south through the locality into Lake Cania, created by the

Cania Dam Cania Dam is a dam in central Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller island ...

in the south of the locality (). There are a number of protected areas in Cania: *

Cania Gorge National Park Cania Gorge is a national park in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia, in the locality of Cania. Geography The park is 373 km northwest of Brisbane. The nearest town is Monto. Three Moon Creek is the name of the waterway tha ...

in the south of the locality * part of

Kroombit Tops National Park Kroombit Tops is a national park in Central Queensland, Australia. It is between Monto and Calliope. It is two parts. The largest part is within the localities of Tablelands, Valentine Plains, Cania and Boyne Valley, while the smaller part ...

in the north of the locality * part of Grevillea State Forest in the west of the locality

History

Thomas Archer Thomas Archer (1668–1743) was an English Baroque architect, whose work is somewhat overshadowed by that of his contemporaries Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. His buildings are important as the only ones by an English Baroque archit ...

was the first European to explore the headwaters of the

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...

in the 1840s. Cania pastoral station was established in the 1850s raising sheep until 1883, after which beef and dairy cattle were added. Gold was discovered in the Cania Gorge in 1870. The gold mining town of Cania was established near Three Moon Creek and gold mining continued there until the early 1920s. Cania Provisional School opened in 1890. It became Cania State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendance numbers, it closed in 1930. The construction of the Cania Dam across Three Moon Creek in 1982 flooded the former town of Cania. However, headstones from the town's cemetery were relocated to the dam lookout. At low water levels, the tops of the some of the town's buildings become visible, which last occurred in 2010.

Demographics

In the , Cania had a population of 28 people. In the , Cania had a population of 27 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cania. The nearest government primary school is Monto State School in

Monto Monto was the nickname for the one-time red light district in the northeast of Dublin, Ireland. The Monto was roughly the area bounded by Talbot Street, Amiens Street, Gardiner Street and Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) i ...

to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School, also in Monto. However, some parts of Cania are too far from Monto for a daily commute, so

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

and boarding school are other options.

Amenities

There is boat ramp into the Cania Dam (). It is managed by the

North Burnett Regional Council The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ea ...

Attractions

There are numerous lookouts in Cania: * Castle Mountain Lookout () * Giants Chair Lookout () * Big Foot Lookout () * Bloodwood Cave Lookout () * Gorge Lookout () * Dragon Cave Lookout () * The Lookout () * Dripping Rock Lookout () * The Overhang Lookout () * Cania Dam Lookout ()