Island Plantation is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Island Plantation had a population of 155 people.

Geography

The '' Mary River'' forms the eastern boundary of the locality. The land is flat and low-lying. The land use is predominantly growing

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with some

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.

History

A Baptist Church opened at "The Island" on the weekend of 8-9 September 1906. The church was . Following the closure of the school in neighbouring St Helens in December 1941, in May 1942 the Island Farmer's Association offered their hall to establish a school in Island Plantation for the duration of the war. Gladys Rose Walter was transferred to the school in June 1942 as its teacher. Island Plantation Provisional School opened in 1942 and closed in 1944.

Demographics

In the , Island Plantation had a population of 146 people. In the , Island Plantation had a population of 155 people.

Education

There are no schools in Island Plantation. The nearest government primary school is St Helens State School in neighbouring St Helens to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are

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and Aldridge State High School, both in Maryborough to south and south-west.

References

{{Fraser Coast Region Fraser Coast Region Localities in Queensland