Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural
locality
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in the
Somerset Region
The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, northwest of the City of Brisbane. The region is centred on the town of Esk, which also serves as the council seat. Somer ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 417 people.
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History
Wivenhoe Pocket was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the town of Wivenhoe
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in Essex
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, England.[
In 1877, were resumed from the Wivenhoe pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877.]
Demographics
In the , Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 498 people.
Education
There are no schools in Wivenhoe Pocket. The nearest government primary school is Fernvale State School in neighbouring Fernvale to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School
Lowood State High School is a band 10 state high school in Lowood (Queensland, Australia), located 32 km north-west of Ipswich, an area administered by the council of Somerset.
Administration
The school's founding principal was Peter Whitelaw ...
in neighbouring Lowood
Lowood is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Lowood had a population of 4,082 people.
Geography
The town is on the Brisbane River, west of th ...
to the south-west.
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Suburbs of Somerset Region
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