Widgee Crossing North, Queensland
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Widgee Crossing North is a rural
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in the
Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and ...
,
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 , Widgee Crossing North had a population of 20 people.


Geography

The '' Mary River'' forms the western and southern boundaries of the locality. Widgee Crossing is a ford over the Mary River (). The predominant land use is
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.


History

The two localities of Widgee Crossing North and Widgee Crossing South take their names from the ford over the Mary River. This was an important crossing point during the Gympie gold rush. As the names suggest, Widgee Crossing North is on the northern side of the ford and Widgee Crossing South is on the southern side of the ford. A bridge was built but it was washed away in a flood in the 1960s. The locality was named and bounded on 1 December 2000.


Demographics

In the , Widgee Crossing North had a population of 18 people. In the , Widgee Crossing North had a population of 20 people.


Heritage listings

Widgee Crossing North has the following heritage sites: * 260 Widgee Crossing Road: Former Widgee Crossing Shops


Education

There are no schools in Widgee Crossing North. The nearest government primary school is Two Mile State School in neighbouring Two Mile to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is
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 neighbouring
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.


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* {{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland