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Flaxton is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Flaxton had a population of 931 people.[1]
| Flaxton Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 View from Flaxton towards the Pacific Ocean, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
  Flaxton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26.6594°S 152.8691°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 931 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 80.3/km2 (207.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4560 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11.6 km2 (4.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Glass House | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
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History
The locality is named after Flaxton Hall Farm in the fens of Eastern England.[2] Joseph Dixon, who originally grew sugarcane at Buderim, selected land at Flaxton in 1882.[3] From 1892 the land was cleared so bananas and citrus fruit could be farmed.
A fruit-packing shed which could process the district's entire harvest was opened 1931.[3] A sawmill operated for more than 20 years before being burned down in 1956.[3]
Flaxton Provisional School No 1742 opened in February 1922, closing in 1967.[4][5]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Flaxton (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Flaxton – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48636)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 133. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
- Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flaxton, Queensland.
- "Flaxton". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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