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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = suburb
| name                = Moy Pocket
| city                =
| state               = qld
| image               =
| caption             =
| coordinates         = {{coord|-26.5277|152.7430|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Moy Pocket (centre of locality)}}
| pop                 = 120
| pop_year            = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes       = <ref name=Census2021/>
| established         =
| postcode            = 4574
| area                = 18.1
| timezone            = [[AEST]]
| utc                 = +10:00
| dist1               = 34.2 <!-- road distances as per template instructions -->
| dir1                = SW
| location1           = [[Cooroy]]
| dist2               = 44.9
| dir2                = S
| location2           = [[Gympie]]
| dist3               = 55.6
| dir3                = NNW
| location3           = [[Maleny]]
| dist4               = 158
| dir4                = N
| location4           = [[Brisbane]]
| lga                 = Gympie Region
| stategov            = [[Electoral district of Gympie|Gympie]]
| fedgov              = [[Division of Wide Bay|Wide Bay]]
| near-n              = [[Bollier, Queensland|Bollier]]
| near-ne             = [[Belli Park, Queensland|Belli Park]]
| near-e              = [[Belli Park, Queensland|Belli Park]]
| near-se             = [[Gheerulla, Queensland|Gheerulla]]
| near-s              = [[Gheerulla, Queensland|Gheerulla]]
| near-sw             = [[Kenilworth, Queensland|Kenilworth]]
| near-w              = [[Brooloo, Queensland|Brooloo]]
| near-nw             = [[Brooloo, Queensland|Brooloo]]
}}
'''Moy Pocket''' is a rural [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Gympie Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|46365|Moy Pocket|locality in Gympie Region|accessdate=11 June 2019}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== Geography ==
The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road.<ref name="globetransport" /> The [[Mary River (Queensland)|Mary River]] forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.<ref name="globenatural" />
Moy Pocket has the following mountains:<ref name="globenatural">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Bloolou in the west of the locality ({{coord|-26.5177|152.7214|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Bloolou}}) rising to {{convert|368|m}} above sea level<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite QPN|3213|Bloolou|mountain in Gympie Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>
* Mount Kenilworth on the south-western boundary with [[Brooloo, Queensland|Brooloo]] ({{coord|-26.5169|152.7541|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Kenilworth}}) rising to {{Convert|529|m}}<ref name="qpn48185">{{cite QPN|48185|Mount Kenilworth|mountain in Gympie Regional|access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>
Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south ([[Gheerulla]]) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).<ref name="globetransport">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The land use is a mix of [[Pastoralism|grazing]] on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some [[rural residential]] housing.<ref name="globeuse">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History ==
The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality ({{Coord|-26.5327|152.7579|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Moy Pocket farm (former)}}).<ref>{{cite news |date=14 October 1911 |title=MOY POCKET. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190885442 |accessdate=17 September 2024 |newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLIV |issue=5739 |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917025253/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190885442 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1981 |title=9444-14 Gheerulla Creek |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9444-14-gheerulla-creek-ed-1-1981/original |access-date=17 September 2024 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |type=Map |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917024537/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9444-14-gheerulla-creek-ed-1-1981/original |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Parish of Kenilworth |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-kenilworth-1973/original |access-date=17 September 2024 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |type=Map |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917024553/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-kenilworth-1973/original |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32065|name=Moy Pocket (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32047|name=Moy Pocket (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Education ==
There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in [[Imbil]] to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring [[Kenilworth, Queensland|Kenilworth]] to the south-west.<ref name="globeschools">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The nearest government secondary schools are:<ref name="globeschools" />
* Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the north-west
* [[Gympie State High School]] (to Year 12) in [[Gympie]] to the north
* [[Noosa District State High School]] (to Year 12) which has its [[Noosa District State High School – Pomona Campus|junior campus]] in [[Pomona, Queensland|Pomona]] and its senior campus on [[Cooroy, Queensland|Cooroy]], both to the north-east
* Maleny State High School (to Year 12) in [[Maleny, Queensland|Maleny]] to the south-east
== References ==
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{{Gympie Region}}
[[Category:Gympie Region]]
[[Category:Localities in Queensland]]
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