Jackson North, Queensland
Jackson North is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Jackson North had a population of 45 people.
Geography
The Great Dividing Range enters the locality from the north-west and exits to the north-east. Unlike some parts of the range, the range in Jackson North is not defined by a chain of mountains, but rather by forming the drainage divide between the North-East Coast drainage basin and the Murray-Darling Basin.The Warrego Highway enters from the east, forms the southern boundary of the locality, and then exits to the west. The Western railway line runs immediately parallel and south to the highway.
The Jackson - [Wandoan Road|Jackson Wandoan Road] enters the location from the south and exits to the north-east.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing in the west of the locality.
History
The locality takes its name from the town of Jackson to the south, which was named after John Woodward Wyndham Jackson who was a pioneer settler in the district.Noonga Provisional School opened in 1916, as a half-time school in conjunction with Clarke's Creek Provisional School. The school closed in 1917, but reopened in 1918 as a half-time school in conjunction with Bogandilla Provisional School. In 1919 it was briefly a full-time school before reverting to a half-time school in conjunction with Noonga Creek Provisional School in August 1920. The school closed circa 1921. On 22 September 1947 a new Noonga State School opened. It closed at end of the school year in 1968. Noonga State School was located on the Noonga pastoral station west of the Jackson Wandoan Road and immediately west of Noonga Creek.
Demographics
In the, Jackson North had a population of 61 people.In the, Jackson North had a population of 45 people.