Caboonbah is a rural

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in the

Somerset Region The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, northwest of the City of Brisbane. The region is centred on the town of Esk, which also serves as the council seat. Somer ...

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, Australia. In the , Caboonbah had a population of 13 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by Lake Wivenhoe and to the east and north by the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River (Turrbal language, Turrbal: ) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the ...

. The Esk Kilcoy Road passes through the locality, entering from the south-west ( Coal Creek) and exiting to the north-east (the locality of Lake Wivenhoe).

History

The locality name derives from the Caboonbah Homestead built by

Henry Plantagenet Somerset Henry Plantagenet Somerset (19 May 1852 – 11 April 1936) was a pioneer pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. Somerset was a liberal politician who represented the Electoral district of Stanley (Queensland), district of Stanley ...

. The name derives from the

Kabi language Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butc ...

"cabon gibbah" meaning ''big rock''. Caboonbah Homestead was built in 1889-90 for grazier

and his wife Katherine Rose (née McConnel) and their family. It was added to the

Queensland Heritage Register The Queensland Heritage Register is a heritage register, a statutory list of places in Queensland, Australia that are protected by Queensland legislation, the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. It is maintained by the Queensland Heritage Council. As ...

on 12 December 1996. It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014. Caboonbah Homestead was on Esk-Kilcoy Road, now with the neighbouring locality of Lake Wivenhoe. Caboonbah Undenominational Church is a union church. It was established by

and takes its name, "Caboonbah", from the Somerset family homestead, Caboonbah Homestead, nearby. The wooden structure was designed by Somerset's wife Katherine Rose Somerset, the daughter of David Cannon McConnell and Mary McConnel (nee McLeod) who founded the Cressbrook Homestead. The church was built by Lars Andersen. It opened in 1905 to serve the local farming community. It is located on Cressbrook-Caboonbah Road (), now within the neighbouring locality of Mount Beppo.

Demographics

In the , Caboonbah had a population of 14 people. In the , Caboonbah had a population of 13 people.

Education

There are no schools in Caboonbah. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Toogoolawah State School and Toogoolawah State High School respectively, both in Toogoolawah to the north-west.

References

{{Somerset Region Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland