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Carnarvon Park, Queensland

Carnarvon Park is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.

Geography

Carnarvon Park consists of two separate areas of land, separated by of land which is part of Mount Moffatt and Rewan.

North-western section

The Great Dividing Range forms all of the western boundary most of the southern boundary of this section.

The Nogoa River rises in neighbouring Caldervale to the south-west, entering from section from the south-west and exiting to the north (Buckland).

The north-western section is entirely within the Carnarvon National Park, extending into the neighbouring localities of Upper Warrego and Mount Moffatt.

The north-western section has the following mountains and passes (from west to east):

  • Spyglass Peak ()
  • Mount Salvator ()
  • Mount Flat Top ()
  • Fred Hill ()
  • Cave Hill ()
  • Mount Mooloolong ()
  • Red Hill ()
  • Mount Ka Ka Mundi ()
  • Mount Cheops ()
  • Mount Lethbridge ()
  • Kelmans Gap ()
  • Round Mountain ()
  • Ben Cona ()

South-eastern section

The Great Dividing Range forms all of the north-western, western, and south-western boundary of this section.

Almost all of the south-eastern section is within the Carnarvon National Park except for a small area within the Boxvale State Forest in the most south-easterly part of the section. This national park also extends partially into the neighbouring locality of Mount Moffatt.

The south-eastern section has the following mountains and canyons (from west to east):

  • Mount Percy ()
  • Carnarvon Gorge ()
  • Wards Canyon (Angiopteris Ravine) ()
  • Consuelo Peak ()
  • Mount Acland (Black Alley Peak) ()
  • Mount Hodgson ()

History

In 1932, a section of the Carnarvon Gorge was declared as Carnarvon National Park, a proposal from the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.

Demographics

In the , Carnarvon Park had "no people or a very low population".

In the , Carnarvon Park had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Carnarvon Park. The nearest government primary school is Arcadia Valley State School in Arcadia Valley, a neighbouring locality to the south-east of south-eastern section, but it would be too distant from most of the two sections for a daily commute. There are no nearby secondary schools. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.

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