Moy Pocket, Queensland
Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road. The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.Moy Pocket has the following mountains:
- Bloolou in the west of the locality rising to above sea level
- Mount Kenilworth on the south-western boundary with Brooloo rising to
The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.
History
The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality.Demographics
In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.In the, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.
Education
There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.The nearest government secondary schools are:
- Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west
- Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north
- Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus in Pomona and its senior campus on Cooroy, both to the north-east
- Maleny State High School in Maleny to the south-east