Elliott is a rural
locality
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in the
Bundaberg Region
The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surro ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Elliott had a population of 138 people.
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Geography
The locality is bounded in part by the Childers Road to the west and by Goodwood Road to the east.
The Springs is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality ()
The Elliott River rises in the west of the locality () and flows east, forming part of the boundary with Alloway and exiting the locality. The river flows into the Coral Sea at Elliott Heads
Elliott Heads is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The town is located at the River mouth, mouth of the Elliott River (Queensland), Elliott River, nort ...
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Several large areas of the locality are within the Elliott River State Forest which extends into neighbouring Gregory River and Promisedland to the south-west.
Other large areas are within the Bingera National Park and the Bingera Conservation Parks (1 and 2). These parks seek to protect coastal plant communities, the waterholes along Mahogany Creek and an important habitat corridor
A wildlife corridor, habitat corridor, or green corridor is an area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures (such as roads, development, or logging). This allows an exchange of individuals between ...
. Although open to the public, the parks do not have visitor facilities as they are intended to be natural places and therefore only suitable for "self-reliant" visitors.
The remainder of the locality is used for agriculture, mostly growing sugarcane with some grazing on native vegetation. There is a network of cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Isis Central sugar mill
Isis Central Sugar Mill is a sugar cane mill at Kevin Livingstone Drive, Isis Central, Bundaberg Region of Queensland, Australia. Isis Central Sugar Mill produces raw sugar, molasses and electricity.
History
Isis Sugar Central Mill was founde ...
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History
The locality is named after the Elliott River, which in turn is named after pastoralist and politician Gilbert Eliott (albeit with a slightly different spelling).[
Elliott State School opened on 4 February 1886 and it is believed there was a "school at Bingera and Baranyan Homestead near Bundaberg" on the site prior to this. In 1960, it was renamed Alloway State School. It is now within the boundaries of the suburb of Alloway.]
The Bundaberg Soaring Club (now the Bundaberg Gliding Club) was established in 1965.
The Bingera National Park was gazetted in 2006. The two Bingera Conservation Parks were gazette in 2010.
In the , Elliott had a population of 138 people.
Education
Burnett Youth Learning Centre is a private secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 3693 Goodwood Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 49 students with 10 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). Operating on a site (formerly used by , this Christian school provides individual programs for children who have disengaged from mainstream education, with a strong focus on developing vocational skills in farming, mechanical repairs, and hospitality.
There are no government schools in Elliott. The nearest government primary school are Alloway State School in neighbouring Alloway to the north-west, Branyan Road State School to neighbouring Branyan to the north, Givelda State School in Givelda to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Bundaberg State High School
Bundaberg State High School is a heritage-listed state high school and technical college at 37 Maryborough Street, Bundaberg South, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1920 to 1956. It was added to the Queen ...
in Bundaberg Central and Isis District State High School
Isis District State High School, established in 1961, is located in the town of Childers, Queensland, set across two campuses on approximately . It is at a midpoint between the major centres of Bundaberg and Maryborough. As well as providing ...
in Childers to the south.
Amenities
The Bundaberg Gliding Club operate their flights from an airfield off Childers Road in Bingera Conservation Park 1 in the west of the locality ().
References
Further reading
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Localities in Queensland