Cockatoo, Queensland


Cockatoo is a locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at.

History

Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at.
In the 2011 census, the population of Cockatoo was not separately reported but was included within neighbouring Taroom which had a combined population of 873 people.

Notable people