Commissioners Flat is a rural

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, Australia. In the , Commissioners Flat had a population of 23 people.

Geography

The Stanley River forms the western boundary of the locality. Burgalba Lagoon is a waterhole (). The lagoon is significant for the Dallambara, who were a clan of the Jinibara people. It was a place of testing young men and making rain. It was the home of ''Gairwar'' the

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and a source of magic stones. The name ''Burgalba'' means "''box tree''". Glass House Mountains Conservation Park and Peachester State Forest (extending into neighbouring Peachester) occupies the eastern half of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

It was named after

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, the Queensland commissioner of lands, who used the area as a camp site in the mid-19th century. Although the normal rules of English grammar would suggest that the locality name should be spelled with a

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, the official titles of place names in Queensland do not include that particular punctuation. Commissioner's Flat State School opened on 22 January 1912. It closed on 1 January 1973. It was on the eastern side of Cove Road (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Commissioners Flat had a population of 28 people. In the , Commissioners Flat had a population of 23 people.

Education

There are no schools in Commissioners Flat. The nearest government primary school is Peachester State School in neighbouring Peachester to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Woodford State School (to Year 10) in Woodford to the south-west and

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(to Year 12) in Beerwah to the east. There are also non-government schools in Beerwah.

References

{{City of Moreton Bay Suburbs of the City of Moreton Bay Localities in Queensland