Beaver Rock, Queensland
Beaver Rock is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Beaver Rock had a population of 56 people.
Geography
The Mary River forms the northern boundary, including two reaches of the river :- Leslie Reach
- Heath Reach
Along the riverside is Upper Rocky Point.
There are a number of named features within the river. Beaver Rock is a rock in the Mary River and presumably the origin of the locality's name. Brothers Islands is an island group. It has one named feature, Fison Point Middle Bank is a bar.
The land use is a mix of rural residential housing, mostly in the west of the locality, with the remainder being farmland, consisting of growing sugarcane and grazing on native vegetation.
History
In May 2012, a saltwater crocodile was found in the Mary River between Brothers Island and the mainland, significantly further south than the normal range for such a crocodile. As per Queensland Government policy, crocodiles spotted south of the Boyne River are trapped and relocated to their natural habitat by wildlife official. However, the crocodile eluded the trap for many months, with wildlife officials reporting confirmed sightings of a second smaller crocodile in the river in July 2013. The smaller female crocodile was trapped in November 2013. In November 2014, the larger male crocodile was harpooned approximately up the river at Grahams Creek to be relocated to Koorana crocodile farm at Rockhampton.Demographics
In the, Beaver Rock had a population of 49 people.In the, Beaver Rock had a population of 56 people.