Skyring Reserve is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Skyring Reserve had a population of 47 people.

Geography

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 ...

enters the locality from the south-east (

Wallaville Wallaville is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of the regional centre of Bundaberg. In the , the locality of Wallaville had a population of 363 p ...

) and forms the eastern boundary of the locality, before exiting to the north ( Redhill Farms / McIlwraith). The land use is a mixture of horticulture, growing

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

, 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. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

History

Circa 1891, a block of land known as Skyring's reserve was subdivided and offered for

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. Redbank Gully Provisional School opened on 10 October 1898. On 1 January 1909, it became Redbank Gully State School. It closed on 28 January 1963. It was at approx 33849 Bruce Highway ().

Demographics

In the , Skyring Reserve had a population of 38 people. In the , Skyring Reserve had a population of 47 people.

Education

There are no schools in Skyring Reserve. The nearest government primary schools are Gin Gin State School in neighbouring Gin Gin to the north and Wallaville State School in neighbouring

to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Gin Gin State High School, also in Gin Gin.

Geography

History

Demographics

Education

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