Type: | suburb |
Widgee Crossing North | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.1844°N 152.6247°W |
Pop: | 20 |
Postcode: | 4570 |
Area: | 3.4 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 5.8 |
Dir1: | W |
Location1: | Gympie |
Dist2: | 175 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Gympie Region |
Stategov: | Gympie |
Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
Near-N: | Fishermans Pocket |
Near-Ne: | Two Mile |
Near-E: | Gympie |
Near-Se: | Southside |
Near-S: | Southside |
Near-Sw: | Widgee Crossing South |
Near-W: | Widgee Crossing South |
Near-Nw: | The Palms |
Widgee Crossing North is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Widgee Crossing North had a population of 20 people.
The Mary River forms the western and southern boundaries of the locality.
Widgee Crossing is a ford over the Mary River (-26.1919°N 152.6201°W).[2]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.
The two localities of Widgee Crossing North and Widgee Crossing South take their names from the ford over the Mary River. This was an important crossing point during the Gympie gold rush. As the names suggest, Widgee Crossing North is on the northern side of the ford and Widgee Crossing South is on the southern side of the ford. A bridge was built but it was washed away in a flood in the 1960s.[3]
The locality was named and bounded on 1 December 2000.
In the, Widgee Crossing North had a population of 18 people.
In the, Widgee Crossing North had a population of 20 people.
Widgee Crossing North has the following heritage sites:
There are no schools in Widgee Crossing North. The nearest government primary school is Two Mile State School in neighbouring Two Mile to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is James Nash State High School in neighbouring Gympie to the east.