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Moy Pocket, Queensland

Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road. The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.

Moy Pocket has the following mountains:

  • Bloolou in the west of the locality () rising to above sea level
  • Mount Kenilworth on the south-western boundary with Brooloo () rising to

Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).

The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.

History

The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality ().

Demographics

In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.

In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.

Education

There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.

The nearest government secondary schools are:

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