Wivenhoe Pocket, Queensland

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Coordinates: 27°25′55″S 152°37′5″E / 27.43194°S 152.61806°E / -27.43194; 152.61806

Wivenhoe Pocket
Somerset Region, Queensland
Population 507 (2006)[1]
Postcode(s) 4306
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) 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. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  2. Queensland Place Names Department of Environment and Resource Management


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