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Suburb of Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arcadia Valley is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Arcadia Valley had a population of 141 people.[1]
Arcadia Valley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 25.0152°S 148.7955°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 141 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.06658/km2 (0.1724/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4454 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,117.8 km2 (817.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Central Highlands Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Arcadia Valley has the following mountains:
It is believed that squatters in the 1850s named the area Arcadia meaning quiet rural simplicity.[2]
Arcadia Valley State School opened on 3 March 1975.[8][9]
Arcadia Valley was within the Shire of Bauhinia until 2008, when that shire was amalgamated into the Central Highlands Region.
In the 2011 census, the population of Arcadia Valley was too low to be separately reported and was included within neighbouring Rewan, which had a reported population of 465 people.[10]
In the 2016 census, Arcadia Valley had a population of 102 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Arcadia Valley had a population of 141 people.[1]
The tradition mainstay of the local economy is beef production with cattle farms being the predominant land use. However, from 2013 Santos have been purchasing land and planning infrastructure for liquid natural gas extraction in the area with a pipeline to Gladstone.[12][13]
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[14]
Arcadia Valley State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 4831 Arcadia Valley Road (25.2550°S 148.8208°E).[15][16] In 2013, the school had five students and two teachers (one full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of nine students with one teacher and four non-teaching staff (one full-time equivalent).[17] The children come from local farms. The school does not have access to reticulated water and must depend on tanks filled by rainwater.[18]
There are no nearby secondary schools. The options are distance education and boarding schools.[19]
There is a Uniting Church congregation in Arcadia Valley.[20] Services are held at local homesteads.[21]
Lake Nuga Nuga is within the locality. Part of the Nuga Nuga National Park, it is the largest natural lake in the Central Queensland sandstone belt and is popular for bird-watching (over 150 kinds of birds), fishing and canoeing.[22]
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