Coalbank

History

Coalbank Provisional School opened in 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Coalbank State School. It closed in 1961. It was on the south-western corner of Coalbank Road and Schultz Road (approx ). Tenders were called in September 1929 to build a hall in Coalbank. The hall was operating by March 1930. St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church opened on 4 January 1931. It was on Schefe Road in Coalbank, now within St Aubyn (). It was a timber church built in the Gothic style, . It closed in 1968 and the building was demolished. On Sunday 15 March 1931, Bishop James Byrne blessed and officially opened St James' Catholic Church. The church was closed and sold in 1982. The church was at 54 Schultz Road (). As at November 2023, the church building was still extant.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  152
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  140
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  139
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  126
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  117
• koala

  Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) · Mammalia
  109
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  97
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  93

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2025-08-15
  12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia
• M 3.9 — 2007-08-25
  40 km W of Kingaroy, Australia
• M 3.6 — 2005-03-07
  36 km WNW of Kingaroy, Australia
• M 3.7 — 2004-02-21
  47 km WNW of Kingaroy, Australia