Garnant, Queensland
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Garnant is a rural
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
Rockhampton Region The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount ...
,
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 Garnant had a population of 99 people.


History

Garnant State School opened on 11 September 1930 and closed on 1969. The school which opened at Ridgelands (as it was then known and now a locality to the south of Garnant) was called ''Garnant'' after the town
Garnant Garnant is a Welsh mining village in the valley of the River Amman in Carmarthenshire, north of Swansea. Like the neighbouring village of Glanamman it experienced a coal-mining boom in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the last big col ...
in Glamorganishire,
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, which was the home town of local resident Abraham Jones who took a leading role in establishing the school. Presumably the locality took its name from the school. The school building was relocated from neighbouring Morinish where the Morinish State School had closed in 1928. The school was located on Evans Road (). In the Garnant had a population of 99 people.


References

Suburbs of Rockhampton Region Localities in Queensland {{CentralQueensland-geo-stub