Marshlands 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 , Marshlands had a population of 23 people.

Geography

Barambah Creek enters the locality from the south-east ( Mondure / Silverleaf) and forms the north-eastern and northern boundary of the locality, before exiting to the north-west ( Stonelands / Wooroonden). It is ultimately a tributary of the

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...

. The Marshlands rural property is in the south of the locality. The land use is a mixture of crop-growing and

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.

HistoryDemographics

In the , Marshlands had a population of 14 people. In the , Marshlands had a population of 23 people.

Education

There are no schools in Marshlands. The nearest schools are Cloyna State School in Cloyna to the north-east and Wheatlands State School in Wheatlands 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 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. There is also a Catholic primary school in Murgon.

References

{{South Burnett Region South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland