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 Mid-morning at the creek in Rocksberg Heritage Park, Queensland, Australia. | |||||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Rocksberg | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:27°06′45″S152°50′34″E / 27.1125°S 152.8428°E /-27.1125; 152.8428 (Rocksberg (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 25.3 km2 (9.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 277 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 10.95/km2 (28.36/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4510 | ||||||||||||
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Rocksberg is a rurallocality in theCity of Moreton Bay,Queensland, Australia.[3] In the2021 census, Rocksberg had a population of 277 people.[2]
In April 2023, theQueensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities namedCorymbia,Greenstone,Lilywood,Wagtail Grove, andWaraba by excising parts of the existing localities ofBellmere, Rocksberg,Upper Caboolture, andWamuran.[4][5][6] Prior to land redistribution, parts of Corymbia, Greenstone, and Wagtail Grove were part of Rockberg.[3]
TheCaboolture River flows from north to east through the locality with Zillmans Crossing (27°07′18″S152°51′32″E / 27.1218°S 152.8588°E /-27.1218; 152.8588 (Zillmans Crossing)) being a former ford (now a low-level bridge) across the river. The ford was part of the Old North Road (now superseded by theBruce Highway) and was named afterLeopold Zillman, an early pioneer farmer in the area.[7] The river flats (elevation about 50 metres above sea level) are used for agriculture, mostly grazing, but the western side of the locality is undeveloped mountain land rising to numerous unnamed peaks, the highest being 350 metres above sea level.[8]
There is a picnic reserve near Zillmans Crossing.[9]
The locality takes its name from the property name used by theZillman family.[3] In the early 1840s, theArcher brothers ofDurundur Station and Evan Mackenzie ofKilcoy Station blazed a trail to connect their farms with Brisbane, creating Old North Road (as it now known) as the first road north from Brisbane. Later it was supplanted by a road closer to the coast (now known asOld Gympie Road) and subsequently by theBruce Highway even closer to the coast.[9]
Rocksberg Provisional School opened on 19 June 1893, becoming Rocksberg State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1954.[10] It was located at approx 5 W James Road (27°06′23″S152°50′10″E / 27.1063°S 152.8361°E /-27.1063; 152.8361 (Rocksberg State School (former))).[11]
In April 2023, theQueensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities namedCorymbia,Greenstone,Lilywood,Wagtail Grove, andWaraba by excising parts of the existing localities ofBellmere, Rocksberg,Upper Caboolture, andWamuran.[4][5][6] Rocksberg lost land to Corymbia, Greenstone, and Wagtail Grove.[3]
In the2011 census, Rocksberg recorded a population of 302 people, 49% female and 51% male. The median age of the Rocksberg population was 43 years, 6 years above the Australian median. 76.6% of people living in Rocksberg were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 2.3%, Indonesia 1%, Netherlands 1%. 88% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% Dutch, 1% German, 1% Indonesian, 0% Irish, 0% Gaelic (Scotland).[12]
In the2016 census, Rocksberg had a population of 300 people.[13]
In the2021 census, Rocksberg had a population of 277 people.[2]
There are no schools in Rocksberg. The nearest government primary schools areBellmere State School in neighbouringBellmere to the north-east,Minimbah State School inMorayfield to the east, andDayboro State School inDayboro to the south. The nearest government secondary schools areTullawong State High School inCaboolture to the north-east,Morayfield State High School in Morayfield to the east, andBray Park State High School inBray Park to the south-east.[8]
Rocksberg Park Heritage Reserve is a recreational area on McNamara Road alongside the Caboolture River (27°05′40″S152°50′14″E / 27.0944°S 152.8371°E /-27.0944; 152.8371 (Rocksberg Park Heritage Reserve)). It has information about early pioneers of the district.[14] It is part of the Caboolture Heritage Drive.[15]
