Kanigan (pronounced kan-i-an) is a rural

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split between the

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and the

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, both in

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, Australia. In the , Kanigan had a population of 143 people.

Geography

Kanyan Road forms the northern boundary of the locality, while the

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runs along the eastern boundary. The locality has the following mountains: * Mount Kanigan in the north-west of the locality (), rising to above sea level. * Theebine Mountain in the south-west of the locality () Deacons Creek rises in the southern part of the locality and flows through to the north-east, where it exits. Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge is a private nature reserve on Repeater Station Road. The 128 km Gympie (Mt Kanigan) Radar Loop in the south west of the locality is a doppler radar station that is part of the National Radar Loop of the

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. The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation with small amounts of crop growing and

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housing.

History

Kanyan railway station is in the adjacent locality of

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. The name of this station was changed to Kanigan in July 1945 and changed back to Kanyan in December the same year. In 1881 when the Maryborough to

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railway opened the station was described as "in the middle of a dense weedy pine scrub, known ... as Ramsay's, where there is nothing but a few tents and perhaps a truck or so of palings to indicate that the spot is a railway station named Kanyan. t.. derives its title from the aboriginal name 'Kanyn' given to the creek and mountain close by. Another version of the word Kanyan is that it is derived from the Aboriginal word,

Kabi language Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butc ...

, kanigan indicating daughter. Kannagan Provisional School opened on 6 July 1896. By 1898 the spelling of the name had changed to be Kanighan Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Kanighan State School. About 1946, the spelling changed to Kanigan State School. It closed in 1959. It was on the western corner of the junction of Kanyan Road and the Bruce Highway (approx ), now within the present-day boundaries of Gootchie.

Demographics

In the , Kanigan had a population of 114 people. In the , Kanigan had a population of 143 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kanigan. The nearest government primary schools are Glenwood State School in neighbouring Glenwood to the west, Gunalda State School in neighbouring Gunalda to the south, and Theebine State School in neighbouring

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is

James Nash State High School James Nash State High School is a coeducational public secondary school in Gympie, Queensland, established in 1977 and named after gold discoverer James Nash. The school serves over 1,200 students and maintains a focus on academic and extracurri ...

to the south. There are also a number of non-government schools in Gympie and surrounding suburbs.

References

{{Gympie Region Fraser Coast Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland