Glenrock is a rural

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in the

South Burnett Region The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia. In the , the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people. Geography The South Burnett Region covers an area , containing a ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Glenrock had a population of 35 people.

Geography

The Woroon National Park is in the north-west of the locality. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation with some crop growing in the east of the locality.

History

Glenrock State School opened on 15 April 1926 and closed in December 1966. It was at 106 Glenrock Road (corner of Louttits Road, ). Wooroon National Park was originally part of the Wooroon State Forest. In 1996, an area of was set aside to protect a semi-evergreen vine thicket, which was becoming increasingly rare. In 2006, it was gazetted as a national park.

Demographics

In the , Glenrock had a population of 40 people. In the , Glenrock had a population of 35 people.

Education

There are no schools in Glenrock. The nearest government primary schools are Windera State School in neighbouring

Windera Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Windera had a population of 105 people. Geography Windera was the term ...

to the north-east and Cloyna State School in neighbouring Cloyna to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Proston State School (to Year 10) in

Proston Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Proston had a population of 410 people. Geography The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane northwest of th ...

to the south-west and Murgon State High School (to Year 12) in

Murgon Murgon () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,220 people. Geography Murgon is in the region of Queensland ...

to the south-east.

References

{{South Burnett Region South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland