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Poona
Queenslandtown
Poona
Total population
576
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Poona is a coastal town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Poona had a population of 576 people.
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History
The name Poona is believed to be Aboriginal in origin, but its meaning is uncertain.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north and east by the Great Sandy Strait and to the south by Poona Creek which flows into the strait (). Poona Point is a headland on the north-eastern corner of the locality ().
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves860
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves840
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves744
- Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves720
- Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis (Gould, 1854) · Aves702
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves674
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves660
- Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves645
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Queensland
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API