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Pelican is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Pelican had a population of 14 people.[1]

Pelican
Queensland

Pelican

Coordinates

26.6205°S 150.8511°E

Population

14 (2016 census)[1]

• Density

0.141/km² (0.366/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

4413

Area

99.1 km² (38.3 sq mi)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10:00)

LGA(s)

Western Downs Region

State electorate(s)

Callide

Federal division(s)

Maranoa

Suburbs around Pelican:
Burncluith	Fairyland	Canaga
Burncluith	Pelican	Canaga
Burncluith	Canaga	Canaga

History

The locality is named after Pelican Station, a pastoral run operated by James Ivory in the early 1850s. It is assumed that pelicans were seen at times on nearby Pelican Lagoon.[2]

Pelican Provisional School opened on 22 June 1908, becoming Pelican State School on 1 January 1909, closing about June 1932. It reopened in December 1940, closing in 1986.[3] It was on Burra Burri Creek Road (26.6037°S 150.8684°E / -26.6037; 150.8684 (Pelican State School (former))).[4][5]

In the 2016 census Pelican had a population of 14 people.[1]

Road infrastructure

The Chinchilla–Wondai Road runs along the southern boundary.[6]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pelican (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Pelican – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47737)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
"Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m83" (Map). Queensland Government. 1939. Retrieved 6 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Pelican, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

History

Road infrastructure

References

Further reading