Kanigan, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Kanigan
State:qld
Coordinates:-25.9277°N 152.5861°W
Pop:143
Postcode:4570
Area:22.3
Dist1:37.4
Dir1:N
Location1:Gympie
Dist2:50.7
Dir2:SSW
Location2:Maryborough
Dist3:80.7
Dir3:SSW
Location3:Hervey Bay
Dist4:212
Dir4:N
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Fraser Coast Region
Lga2:Gympie Region
Stategov:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:Gootchie
Near-Ne:Glenwood
Near-E:Glenwood
Near-Se:Glenwood
Near-S:Gunalda
Near-Sw:Theebine
Near-W:Theebine
Near-Nw:Gootchie

Kanigan (pronounced kan-i-an) is a rural locality split between the Fraser Coast Region and the Gympie Region, both in Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, Kanigan had a population of 143 people.

Geography

Kanyan Road forms the northern boundary of the locality, while the Bruce Highway runs along the eastern boundary.[3]

The locality has the following mountains:

Deacons Creek rises in the southern part of the locality and flows through to the north-east, where it exits.

Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge is a 0.2km2 private nature reserve on Repeater Station Road.[8]

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.[9]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with small amounts of crop growing and rural residential housing.[10]

History

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.[11] [12] 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.[13]

Another version of the word Kanyan is that it is derived from the Aboriginal word, Kabi language, kanigan indicating daughter.[14]

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. It was on the western corner of the junction of Kanyan Road and the Bruce Highway (approx), now within the present-day boundaries of Gootchie.[15]

Demographics

In the, Kanigan had a population of 114 people.

In the, Kanigan had a population of 143 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kanigan. The nearest government primary schools are Glenwood State School in neighbouring Glenwood to the west, Gunalda State School in neighbouring Gunalda to the south, and Theebine State School in neighbouring Theebine to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is James Nash State High School in Gympie to the south. There are also a number of non-government schools in Gympie and surrounding suburbs.[16]

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2017.
  2. 29 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Layers: Locality; Road and rail . 31 August 2024 . Queensland Globe . Queensland Government.
  4. Web site: 12 November 2020 . Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 12 November 2020 . Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  7. 25 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Department of Environment and Science, Queensland . 2013 . Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge — facts and maps . 2022-10-29 . wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au . en-AU.
  9. Web site: October 2022 . 128 km Gympie (Mt Kanigan) Radar Loop . 29 October 2022 . Bureau of Meteorology.
  10. Web site: Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Land parcel . 31 August 2024 . Queensland Globe . Queensland Government.
  11. News: 5 July 1945 . GENERAL NEWS . 2 . . 22,874 . Queensland, Australia . 29 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: 15 December 1945 . KANYAN RAILWAY STATION . 4 . . 23,014 . Queensland, Australia . 29 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: 8 October 1881 . SUGAR INDUSTRY AT MIVA. . 2 . . 2,673 . Queensland, Australia . 29 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  14. 29 October 2022.
  15. Web site: 1941 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110 . 13 September 2023 . . Map.
  16. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 31 August 2024 . Queensland Globe . Queensland Government.