Carnarvon Park is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.

Geography

Carnarvon Park consists of two separate areas of land, separated by of land which is part of Mount Moffatt and Rewan.

North-western section

The

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forms all of the western boundary most of the southern boundary of this section. The

Nogoa River The Nogoa River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia. Course and features The river rises on the Carnarvon Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, in the Carnarvon National Park and flows in a generally north easterly direction towards ...

rises in neighbouring

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to the south-west, entering from section from the south-west and exiting to the north ( Buckland). The north-western section is entirely within the

Carnarvon National Park Carnarvon National Park is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in the Maranoa Region in Central Queensland, Australia. The park is 593 km northwest of Brisbane. It began life as a reserve gazetted in 1932 to protect Carnarvon ...

, extending into the neighbouring localities of Upper Warrego and Mount Moffatt. The north-western section has the following mountains and passes (from west to east): * Spyglass Peak () * Mount Salvator () * Mount Flat Top () * Fred Hill () * Cave Hill () * Mount Mooloolong () * Red Hill () * Mount Ka Ka Mundi () * Mount Cheops () * Mount Lethbridge () * Kelmans Gap () * Round Mountain () * Ben Cona ()

South-eastern section

The Great Dividing Range forms all of the north-western, western, and south-western boundary of this section. Almost all of the south-eastern secton is within the Carnarvon National Park except for a small area within the Boxvale State Forest in the most south-easterly part of the section. This national park also extends partially into the neighbouring locality of Mount Moffatt. The south-eastern section has the following mountains and canyons (from west to east): * Mount Percy () * Carnarvon Gorge () * Wards Canyon (Angiopteris Ravine) () * Consuelo Peak () * Mount Acland (Black Alley Peak) () * Mount Hodgson ()

History

In 1932, a section of the

Carnarvon Gorge Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane. Primarily created by water erosion, Carnarvon Gorge is around 30 kilometres long, located in Carnarvon Natio ...

was declared as Carnarvon National Park, a proposal from the

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Demographics

In the , Carnarvon Park had "no people or a very low population". In the , Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Carnarvon Park. The nearest government primary school is Arcadia Valley State School in Arcadia Valley, a neighbouring locality to the south-east of south-eastern section, but it would be too distant from most of the two sections for a daily commute. There are no nearby secondary schools. The alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

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