Nindaroo

Nindaroo
Queensland
Nindaroo; Queensland
	Looking west on Orphanage Road, on the boundary of Nindaroo (south & left) and Habana (north & right), 2016
	Nindaroo
Coordinates	21°04′15″S 149°07′45″E / 21.0708°S 149.1291°E
Population	255 (2021 census)
• Density	32.69/km2 (84.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4740
Area	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Mackay Region
State electorate(s)	Whitsunday
Federal division(s)	Dawson
	Suburbs around Nindaroo:

Nindaroo is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Nindaroo had a population of 255 people.^[1]

History

Nindaroo Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909 it became Nindaroo State School, before closing in 1963.^[3] The school was located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road (21°04′56″S 149°08′31″E / 21.08220°S 149.14186°E / -21.08220; 149.14186 (Nindaroo State School (former))), now in neighbouring Richmond.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In the 2016 census Nindaroo had a population of 239 people.^[7]

In the 2021 census, Nindaroo had a population of 255 people.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nindaroo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ "Nindaroo – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46817)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 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
^ "Mackay (western half)" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942.
^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m309" (Map). Queensland Government. 1952. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nindaroo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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