Elliott is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Elliott had a population of 156 people.

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 Alloway (, ) is a suburb of Ayr, and former village, in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem), "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Ba ...

and exiting the locality. The river flows into the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...

at Elliott Heads. 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, also known as a habitat corridor, or green corridor, is a designated area that connects wildlife populations that have been separated by human activities or structures, such as development, roads, or land clearings. These co ...

. 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 Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

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 ...

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.

Demographics

In the , Elliott had a population of 138 people. In the , Elliott had a population of 156 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

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 Queensland State High Schools, state high school and technical college at 37 Maryborough Street, Bundaberg South, Queensland, Bundaberg South, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. ...

Bundaberg Central Bundaberg Central is the central suburb and central business district of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bundaberg Central had a population of 162 people. Geography The suburb is bounded by the Burnett Rive ...

and

Isis District State High School Isis District State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the town of Childers, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 417 students and a teaching staff of 42 ...

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 ().

Geography

History

Demographics

Education

Amenities

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