Elbow Valley, Queensland

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Elbow Valley
Queensland
Elbow Valley is located in Queensland
Elbow Valley
Elbow Valley
Coordinates28°24′33″S 152°10′01″E / 28.4091°S 152.1669°E / -28.4091; 152.1669 (Elbow Valley (centre of locality))Coordinates: 28°24′33″S 152°10′01″E / 28.4091°S 152.1669°E / -28.4091; 152.1669 (Elbow Valley (centre of locality))
Population95 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.594/km2 (1.538/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area160.0 km2 (61.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Elbow Valley:
Wildash Murrays Bridge Loch Lomond
Killarney
Cherry Gully Elbow Valley
Dalveen Maryland (NSW)

Elbow Valley is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census It is on the border of New South Wales.[3] Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people.[1]

History[]

The locality presumably takes its name from the , which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827.[2]

Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923.[4] This school described as 7 miles (11 km) from Killarney was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road (

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28°22′40″S 152°11′52″E / 28.3777°S 152.1977°E / -28.3777; 152.1977 (Westmore Road, Elbow Bend)) and the Westmoor pastoral property, and may have been associated with the Westmore Cheese factory which opened in January 1914 and was 1⁄4 mile (400 m) from the school.[5][6] It was a "tent school" and officially opened on 1 July 1916 by Francis Grayson, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cunningham, with food provided by the cheese factory.[7][8] In June 1927 the Queensland Government called for tenders to remove the school building.[9]

In the 2016 census Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elbow Valley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Elbow Valley – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 49856)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ^ "NEW CHEESE FACTORY". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4529. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "KILLARNEY". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4769. Queensland, Australia. 29 September 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "WESTMORE TENT SCHOOL". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4882. Queensland, Australia. 3 July 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "WARWICK AND DISTRICT". The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 241. Queensland, Australia. 4 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "WESTMORE SCHOOL BUILDING". Warwick Daily News. No. 2503. Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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