Shell Pocket, Queensland
locality in Cassowary Coast, Queensland, Australia
Shell Pocket is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 83 people.
Geography
Shell Pocket is situated between the mountains of the Great Dividing Range on either side and Big Maria Creek in the valley below. Many spring fed streams sourced in the mountains feed the waterway and, beside the high rainfall, ensure permanent water all year round. Like most of the Wet Tropics region in Far North Queensland, Shell Pocket mainly produces sugarcane.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 91 people.
In the 2021 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 83 people.
Education
There are no schools in Shell Pocket. The nearest government primary school is El Arish State School in neighbouring El Arish to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west.
“Shell Pocket, Queensland” enters the record as locality in Cassowary Coast, Queensland, Australia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shell, Pocket and Queensland can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Shell Pocket, Queensland” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Shell, Pocket and Queensland provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55447035. Authority coordinates are -17.816, 145.983. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2016.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Shell Pocket, Queensland”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Shell Pocket, Queensland primary sources, Shell Pocket, Queensland archive and Shell research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Shell Pocket, Queensland”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Shell Pocket, Queensland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.