Suburb of Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia
Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 9 people.[1]
Geography
The Suttor Developmental Road passes east to west through the locality. Isaac River and its tributary Anna Creek rise in the locality flowing towards the south-west.[3] Lake Elphinstone is a natural lake fed by Anna Creek and was the water supply for the now abandoned town of Elphinstone.[4]
History
The locality was named after explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple, the leader of the 1859 and 1860 overland settlement expeditions to Port Denison from Rockhampton.[2]
Elphinstone Pocket State School opened circa 1936 and closed circa 1945.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Elphinstone had a population of 6 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 9 people.[1]
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