Djuan
Queensland
Djuan is located in Queensland
Djuan
Djuan
Coordinates27°10′50″S 151°54′37″E / 27.1805°S 151.9102°E / -27.1805; 151.9102 (Djuan (centre of locality))
Population100 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4352
Area49.2 km2 (19.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Djuan:
Coalbank Coalbank Emu Creek
Doctor Creek Djuan Glenaven
Haden Bergen Upper Pinelands

Djuan is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Djuan had a population of 100 people.[1]

History

The locality takes its name from an Aboriginal name for the grey forest possum.[2]

Djuan Provisional School opened on 14 November 1895. On 1 January 1909 it became Djuan State School. It closed in 1969.[3]

On 19 November 1901 a Methodist church opened in Djuan.[4]

In the 2016 census Djuan had a population of 100 people.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Djuan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Djuan – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49187)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "QUEENSLAND NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XLII, no. 6372. Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1901. p. 7. Retrieved 12 September 2021 via National Library of Australia.


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