Wivenhoe Pocket, Queensland

Wivenhoe Pocket
Somerset Region, Queensland

Population: 507 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 4306
LGA: Somerset Region
State District: Nanango
Federal Division: Dickson
Suburbs around Wivenhoe Pocket:
Wivenhoe Hill Wivenhoe Dam Split Yard Creek
Patrick Estate Wivenhoe Pocket England Creek
Lowood Vernor Fernvale

Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the Essex village of Wivenhoe.[2]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wivenhoe Pocket (Esk Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC37955&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  2. ^ Queensland Place Names Department of Environment and Resource Management
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