Swans Lagoon, Queensland
Swans Lagoon is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the, Swans Lagoon had a population of 12 people.
Geography
Swans Lagoon has the following mountain features:- Mount Dalrymple at the north of the locality
- Mcgregors Bonnet, a mountain at the centre of the locality
- Expedition Pass in the south-west of the locality
History
The locality was named and bounded on 23 February 2001. It presumably takes its name from the waterhole of the same name. The waterhole is named after a postman with surname Swan who often camped by the lagoon.The Queensland Government purchased an pastoral property called Swan's Lagoon in 1961 to establish a beef cattle research station. In 1978, the purchase of an adjacent pastoral property expanded the research station to. The research centre investigated problems relating to raising beef cattle in northern Australia, where cattle production is affected by inconsistent rainfalls, viruses and parasites. The research station was sold in 2014, when the Queensland Government decided to transfer the research program to its Spyglass beef research facility at Basalt, north of Charters Towers.
Demographics
In the, Swans Lagoon had "no people or a very low population".In the, Swans Lagoon had a population of 12 people.