Wivenhoe Pocket

Coordinates: 27°25′55″S 152°37′5″E / 27.43194°S 152.61806°E / -27.43194; 152.61806

Wivenhoe Pocket
Somerset Region, Queensland

Population

498 (2011 census)^[1]

4306

Suburbs around Wivenhoe Pocket:
Wivenhoe Hill	Wivenhoe Dam	Split Yard Creek
Patrick Estate	Wivenhoe Pocket	England Creek
Lowood	Vernor	Fernvale

Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 498.^[1]

History

Wivenhoe Pocket was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England.^[2]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wivenhoe Pocket (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
1 2 "Wivenhoe Pocket (entry 44936)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

External links

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Towns and localities in the Somerset Region, West Moreton, South East Queensland

Atkinsons Dam Avoca Vale Banks Creek Biarra Borallon Braemore Brightview Bryden Buaraba Caboonbah Clarendon Coal Creek Colinton Cooeeimbardi Coolana Coominya Cressbrook Crossdale Dundas England Creek Esk Eskdale Fairney View Fernvale Fulham Glamorgan Vale Glen Esk Glenfern Gregors Creek Haigslea Harlin Hazeldean Ivory Creek Jimna Kilcoy Kingaham Lake Manchester Lake Wivenhoe Lark Hill Linville Lockrose Lower Cressbrook Lowood Marburg Minden Monsildale Moombra Moore Mount Archer Mount Beppo Mount Byron Mount Hallen Mount Kilcoy Mount Stanley Mount Tarampa Murrumba Ottaba Patrick Estate Prenzlau Redbank Creek Rifle Range Royston Sandy Creek Scrub Creek Sheep Station Creek Somerset Dam Split Yard Creek Tarampa Toogoolawah Vernor Villeneuve Wanora Westvale Winya Wivenhoe Hill Wivenhoe Pocket Woolmar Yimbun

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