- Source: Joskeleigh, Queensland
Joskeleigh is a coastal rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Joskeleigh had a population of 60 people.
Geography
The waters of the Coral Sea form the eastern boundary.
History
Joskeleigh Provisional School opened on 28 October 1913 in a church building, pending the erection of a school building, under head teacher Frederick Vespermann. There was an average of 21 students in 1913. In 1918 it became Joskeleigh State School. It closed on 29 April 1985 due to falling enrolments. It was at 356 Joskeleigh Road (23.3676°S 150.7829°E / -23.3676; 150.7829 (Joskeleigh State School (former))).
Sandhills Post Office opened on 24 December 1923 (a receiving office had been open from 1898, named Fishergate until 1908) and closed in 1937.
Joskeleigh Post Office opened on 1 September 1947 and closed in 1971.
Between 2008 and 2013, the locality was within the Rockhampton Region.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the locality of Joskeleigh had a population of 70 people.
In the 2021 census, the locality of Joskeleigh had a population of 60 people.
Heritage listings
Joskeleigh has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Joskeleigh Cemetery: Joskeleigh Road (23.3678°S 150.7791°E / -23.3678; 150.7791 (Joskeleigh Cemetery))
References
External links
Media related to Joskeleigh, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
Joskeleigh : a place to call home - digital story produced by State Library of Queensland
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Joskeleigh, Queensland
- Joskeleigh Cemetery
- Capricorn Coast
- Fishergate (disambiguation)
- Yeppoon
- Keppel Sands, Queensland
- Tungamull
- Shire of Livingstone
- The Keppels, Queensland
- Nankin, Queensland
