St Agnes is a rural
locality
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in the
Bundaberg Region
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , St Agnes had a population of 20 people.
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Geography
St Agnes Creek enters the locality from the west (Doughboy
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) and flows south and then east through the locality, exiting to the south-east ( Morganville) where it becomes 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 Old Gayndah Road enters the locality from the south-east (Morganville) and loosely forms the south-eastern and southern boundary of the locality, before exiting to the south-west ( Good Night).
The land use is predominantly grazing
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on native vegetation with some rural residential
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housing.
History
Land was selected in this area in the 1880s.
Demographics
In the , St Agnes had a population of 22 people.
In the , St Agnes had a population of 20 people.
Education
There are no schools in St Agnes. The nearest government primary school is Wallaville State School in neighbouring 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 ...
to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Gin Gin State High School in Gin Gin to the north.
References
{{Bundaberg Region
Bundaberg Region
Localities in Queensland