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Struck Oil, Queensland

Struck Oil is a rural locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Struck Oil had a population of 151 people.

History

The place was named after the play Struck Oil.

Struck Oil Provisional School opened in 1905. On 1 March 1911, it became Struck Oil State School. It closed circa 1944. It was on the south side of Struck Oil Road (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Struck Oil had a population of 179 people.

In the , Struck Oil had a population of 151 people.

Education

There are no schools in Struck Oil. The nearest government primary school is Mount Morgan Central State School in neighbouring Mount Morgan<nowiki/>to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Mount Morgan State High School, also in Mount Morgan.

Flora

Decaspermum struckoilicum is a critically endangered plant species in the myrtaceous family which only occurs in Struck Oil and nearby areas within the Bouldercombe Resource Reserve and Bouldercombe Conservation Park.

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