title: Cockatoo, Queensland
text: # Cockatoo, Queensland
  
  Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at 25°28′00″S 150°02′00″E﻿ / ﻿25.4666°S 150.0333°E﻿ / -25.4666; 150.0333﻿ (Cockatoo Creek).
  
  ## History
  
  Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at 25°47′22″S 150°15′39″E﻿ / ﻿25.7895°S 150.2607°E﻿ / -25.7895; 150.2607﻿ (Cockatoo State School).
  
  In the 2011 census, the population of Cockatoo was not separately reported but was included within neighbouring Taroom which had a combined population of 873 people.
  
  In the 2016 census, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people.
  
  ## Education
  
  There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There is no nearby secondary school to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Journalist Florence Eliza Lord was born in Cockatoo
  