Oakview is a rural
locality
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in the
Gympie Region
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
It is a historic mining area and now grazing country. In the , Oakview had a population of 45 people.
Geography
The southern half and northern edge of Oakview are mountainous with lower flatter land in-between. The lower land has an elevation of 100–150 metres above sea level and is used for grazing. The northern edge contains Sugarloaf Mountain (340 metres above sea level) and is undeveloped land. The southern half rises to an unnamed peak at 630 metres above sea level and is part of the Oakview State Forest and the
Oakview National Park.
Wide Bay Creek meanders from west to east through the northern flatter part of the locality; it is a
tributary
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of the
Mary River.
The
railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from east to west through the locality through the flatter land, but the line is no longer operating. Oakview was served by the Oakview railway station (). The
Wide Bay Highway
The Wide Bay Highway is a short state highway of Queensland, Australia running between Goomeri on the Burnett Highway and a junction on the Bruce Highway. From the junction it is 12 kilometres south to Gympie or 69 kilometres north to Maryboro ...
runs from east to west through the flatter land to the south of the railway line.
Ecology
The Oakview National Park contains a bottle tree (''
Brachychiton
''Brachychiton'' (kurrajong, bottletree) is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, with 30 species) and New Guinea (one species). Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated ...
)'' scrub with two near-threatened flora: the giant ironwood ''
Choricarpia subargentea'' and the ''
Rhodamnia pauciovulata''. It is also the habitat of the endangered gecko ''
Phyllurus kabikabi'' and Nangur spiny skink ''
Nangura spinosa.''
History
The Oakview Provisional School opened in 1895. It closed temporarily in 1901, reopening in 1902. In 1913, it became a half-time school, sharing its teacher with Running Creek Provisional School. In 1914, it resumed its full-time status but closed later that year. The school reopened as Oakview State School on 12 September 1918, but closed again in 1928. It reopened for the last time on 1 June 1937 as Oakview State School and closed permanently in 1963. It was on Oakview Road ().
Oakview sawmill was operated by the Spencer Brothers from 1934 to 1971. It was located near the Oakview railway station ().
In 2001, of Oakview State Forest was converted to Oakview Forest Reserve in order to converse its ecosystem. In 2009, of the forest reserve was converted to Oakview National Park while the other became a Resource Reserve to allow mining exploration (the south-western area of the locality having been mined for copper in the 1860s and 1870s). After the mining exploration was completed, the resource reserve land was added to the converted to national park.
Demographics
In the , Oakview had a population of 29 people.
In the , Oakview had a population of 45 people.
Heritage listings

Oakview has the following heritage listings:
*
Mount Clara smelter, Rossmore Road, in the upper reaches of Fat Hen Creek ()
Education
There are no schools in Oakview. The nearest government primary schools are Kilkivan State School in neighbouring
Kilkivan to the west, Widgee State School in neighbouring
Widgee to the south-east, and Woolooga State School in neighbouring
Woolooga to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilkivan State School (to Year 10) and
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 ...
in
Gympie
Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River ( ...
to the east.
There are also non-government schools in Gympie and its suburbs.
References
External links
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Gympie Region
Localities in Queensland