Jerona is a rural town and coastal

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in the

Shire of Burdekin The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has e ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Jerona had a population of 41 people.

Geography

The town of Jerona is on the western side of the estuary of Barratta Creek on the northern coast of the locality. Most of the locality is within the

Bowling Green Bay National Park Bowling Green Bay is a national park in the City of Townsville and Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia, 1,103 km northwest of Brisbane, and 28 km south of Townsville and 59 km north of Ayr. It is a Ramsar Convention listed sit ...

, except for the town and a small area on the eastern boundary of the locality. The only road into the town is Jerona Road which enters the locality from Barratta to the south, where it connects to the

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...

. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is suburban residential housing within the town.

History

The area was originally a cattle grazing property known as Jerona and Soulbourne holdings held by Lorenzo Fabrellas. In 1942, the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ...

offered it as two parcels of leasehold land, consisting of and . The locality was officially named on 1 November 1980, presumably after the name of the earlier grazing property.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Jerona had a population of 40 people. In the , the locality of Jerona had a population of 41 people.

Education

There are no schools in Jerona. The nearest government primary schools are Giru State School in neighbouring Giru to the west and Brandon State School in Brandon to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is

Ayr State High School Ayr State High School is a heritage-listed state secondary school at 82–90 Wickham Street, Ayr, Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It is one of three high schools in Ayr, the others being Burdekin Catholic High School and Burdekin ...

Ayr Ayr ( ; ; , meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With ...

to the south-east. There are also a number of non-government schools in Ayr.

References

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