Carters Ridge is a rural

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in the

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was creat ...

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, Australia. In the , Carters Ridge had a population of 469 people.

Geography

The '' Mary River'' forms the western boundary. The land use is an equal mixture of

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and

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on a mixture of native vegetation and irrigated pastures.

History

Carter's Ridge Provisional School opened in May 1925. In 1930, it became Carter's Ridge State School. It closed in 1967. It was at 894 Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road (). In the , Carters Ridge had a population of 469 people.

Education

There are no schools in Carters Ridge. The nearest government primary schools are Federal State School in

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to the north and Cooroy State School in

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooroy had a population of 3,791 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa H ...

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10 only) in

Imbil Imbil is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Imbil had a population of 924 people. Geography Imbil is in the Wide Bay–Burnett district in the Mary River valley, north of the state capital, Brisb ...

to the west and

Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School is a twin campus high school based in Cooroy and Pomona in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The school was established in 1963, and as of 2016, had 1335 students. It is the longest-established secondar ...

, which has its Years 7 & 8 campus in Pomona and its Years 9 to 12 campus in Cooroy.

Amenities

Mary Fereday Park is in Poulsen Road ().

References

{{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland