Swans Lagoon is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Swans Lagoon had a population of 12 people.

Geography

Swans Lagoon has the following mountain features: * Mount Dalrymple at the north of the locality () * Mcgregors Bonnet, a mountain at the centre of the locality () * Expedition Pass in the south-west of the locality () The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 23 February 2001. It presumably takes its name from the waterhole of the same name (). The waterhole is named after a postman with surname Swan who often camped by the lagoon. The

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ...

purchased an pastoral property called Swan's Lagoon in 1961 to establish a

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research station. In 1978, the purchase of an adjacent pastoral property expanded the research station to . The research centre investigated problems relating to raising beef cattle in northern Australia, where cattle production is affected by inconsistent rainfalls, viruses and parasites. The research station was sold in 2014, when the Queensland Government decided to transfer the research program to its Spyglass beef research facility at

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, north of

Charters Towers Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits und ...

Demographics

In the , Swans Lagoon had "no people or a very low population". In the , Swans Lagoon had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Swans Lagoon. The nearest primary school is Millaroo State School in neighbouring

Millaroo Millaroo is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millaroo had a population of 86 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west by the Burdekin River. The place is located ...

to the east. There are no nearby secondary schools. The options are

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and boarding school.

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