# Prawle, Queensland

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**Prawle** is a rural [locality](/source/Suburbs_and_localities_(Australia)) in the [Fraser Coast Region](/source/Fraser_Coast_Region), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia.[1] In the , Prawle had a population of 34 people.[2]

## Geography

The *[Mary River](/source/Mary_River_(Queensland))* forms the southern boundary and much of the eastern and western.[3]

The land use is mostly [grazing](/source/Pastoralism) on native vegetation with some crop growing in areas closer to the river.[4]

## History

Prawle was a farm operated by William Henry White established circa 1861.[5] The name Prawle refers to the White's place of birth in [Devon](/source/Devon), England.[6][7][8]

## Demographics

In the , Prawle had a population of 32 people.[9]

In the , Prawle had a population of 34 people.[2]

## Education

There are no schools in Prawle. The nearest government primary school is [St Helens State School](/source/St_Helens_State_School) in [St Helens](/source/St_Helens,_Queensland_(Fraser_Coast_Region)) to the west. The nearest government secondary school is [Aldridge State High School](/source/Aldridge_State_High_School) in [Maryborough](/source/Maryborough,_Queensland) to the south-west. There are also non-government schools in Maryborough.[10]

## References

1. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

1. ["Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas"](https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/). *Queensland Globe*. [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/) 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

1. ["Advertising"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150315520). *[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle,_Wide_Bay_And_Burnett_Advertiser)*. Vol. I, no. 25. 9 May 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2025. – via National Library of Australia.

1. ["LOCAL NEWS"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146781305). *[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle,_Wide_Bay_And_Burnett_Advertiser)*. No. 4,241. 28 February 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 3 March 2025. – via National Library of Australia.

1. Queensland death certificate 1887/C/4087 for William Henry White, died 26 February 1887

1. ["Death certificate for William Henry White"](https://www.ancestry.com.au/mediaui-viewer/tree/15002081/person/838243900/media/ef69eb88-1470-4cc4-bf9c-0e8832b45f37). *[State of Queensland](/source/State_of_Queensland)*. 15 June 1973. Retrieved 3 March 2025. – via [Ancestry](/source/Ancestry)

1. ["Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments"](https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/). *Queensland Globe*. [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/) 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

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