Summary
Kanigan (pronounced kan-i-an)[citation needed] is a rural locality split between the Fraser Coast Region and the Gympie Region, both in Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census Kanigan had a population of 114 people.[1]
| Kanigan Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Kanigan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°55′40″S 152°35′10″E / 25.9277°S 152.5861°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 114 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.11/km2 (13.24/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 22.3 km2 (8.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | |||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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History edit
Kanyan railway station is in the adjacent locality of Theebine. The name of this station was changed to Kanigan in July 1945 and changed back to Kanyan in December the same year.[4][5] In 1881 when the Maryborough to Gympie railway opened the station was described as "in the middle of a dense weedy pine scrub, known ... as Ramsay's, where there is nothing but a few tents and perhaps a truck or so of palings to indicate that the spot is a railway station named Kanyan. [It] .. derives its title from the aboriginal name ' Kanyn' given to the creek and mountain close by.[6]
Another version of the word Kanyan is that it is derived from the Aboriginal word, Kabi language, kanigan indicating daughter.[7]
Kannagan Provisional School opened on 6 July 1896. By 1898 the spelling of the name had changed to be Kanighan Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Kanighan State School. About 1946, the spelling changed to Kanigan State School. It closed in 1959.[8] It was on the western corner of the junction of Kanyan Road and the Bruce Highway (approx 25°54′15″S 152°35′53″E / 25.9042°S 152.5981°E), now within the present-day boundaries of Gootchie.[9][10]
In the 2016 census Kanigan had a population of 114 people.[1]
Geography edit
Kanyan Road forms the northern boundary of the locality.
Deacons Creek rises in the southern part of the locality and flows through to the north-east, where it exits.
Mount Kanigan is in the north-west of the locality.[11]
Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge is a .2 square kilometres (0.077 sq mi) private nature reserve on Repeater Station Road.[12]
Infrastructure edit
The Bruce Highway runs along the eastern boundary.
The 128 km Gympie (Mt Kanigan) Radar Loop in the south west of the locality is a doppler radar station that is part of the National Radar Loop of the Bureau of Meteorology.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kanigan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Kanigan – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46741)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Kanigan – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46412)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "GENERAL NEWS". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 22, 874. Queensland, Australia. 5 July 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "KANYAN RAILWAY STATION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 23, 014. Queensland, Australia. 15 December 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SUGAR INDUSTRY AT MIVA". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 2, 673. Queensland, Australia. 8 October 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Kanyan (entry 17714)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110" (Map). Queensland Government. 1941. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Google (20 August 2021). "Kanigan, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013). "Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge — facts and maps". wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "128 km Gympie (Mt Kanigan) Radar Loop". Bureau of Meteorology. October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
