Stalworth, Queensland

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Stalworth
Queensland
Stalworth is located in Queensland
Stalworth
Stalworth
Coordinates26°06′39″S 151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E / -26.1108; 151.5955Coordinates: 26°06′39″S 151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E / -26.1108; 151.5955
Population33 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.653/km2 (1.692/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4613
Area50.5 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Stalworth:
Speedwell Wigton Abbeywood
Speedwell Stalworth Abbeywood
Okeden Proston Kinleymore

Stalworth is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Stalworth had a population of 33 people.[1]

History[]

The locality was officially named and bounded by government on 16 October 1998,[2] although the locality name has been used since the earliest days of settlement.

A hall was built at Stalworth which hosted dances and social events for many years. It opened on Saturday 21 September 1929[3] and was later extended with significant alternations and improvements which were opened on Saturday 3 March 1934.[4][5] Church services and activities were also held in the hall regularly.[6][7] A Stalworth branch society within the Christian Endeavour movement met in the hall and they hosted the Weinholt Christian Endeavour Union rally there in 1937.[8]

Other social activities in the district included the formation of a Stalworth local soccer team.[9]

There was also a cheese factory at Stalworth for a short time. Newspaper articles from 1925 report that it was destroyed by fire on 30 December, 1924 along with the adjoining residence,[10] and the circumstances were regarded as suspicious with the possibility of insurance fraud.[11] It was insured for £1100[12] and was owned at the time by E.V.Hobbs who did not reside there but engaged a caretaker.[13] The caretaker was James Wardill.[14] A local farmer giving evidence at the subsequent inquiry held in Wondai Court House[15] testified that the factory had by then been in disuse for many years,[16] however the owner testified that his son-in-law had operated the cheese plant for a short time between approximately 1919 and 1922 generating turnover to the value of £6000.[17] An advertisement was placed in the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser newspaper on 6 June 1917 calling for tenders to construct the Stalworth cheese factory by its proprietor E.T.Howes of Memerambi.[18]

One of the first settlers in the district was Sydney Shaw, who subsequently became the first teacher at nearby Abbeywood State School.[19]

Communication services were established relatively early. Telephone was first made available at Stalworth on 25 March 1926.[20] Further, the district is mentioned in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23 June 1932 when the Postmaster General was calling for tenders for mail delivery in the area - "Proston and Proston, via Block 10, Stalworth Post Office, Slingers and Jingeri letter-box, twice a week. Tenderers to state additional price required for three trips a week."[21]

Education[]

There are no schools in Stalworth but primary and secondary schooling (to Year 10) are available in neighbouring Proston. The nearest secondary school to Year 12 is at Murgon.[22]

Children living in the area attended primary school at Abbeywood State School while it operated between the years 1914 and 1969.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stalworth (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Stalworth – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46265)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151045103?searchTerm=stalworth
  4. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1178944?searchTerm=stalworth%20hall%20opening
  5. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149271501?searchTerm=stalworth%20hall%20opening
  6. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21537284?searchTerm=stalworth
  7. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149962148?searchTerm=stalworth%20methodist
  8. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151219396?searchTerm=stalworth
  9. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21699703?searchTerm=stalworth
  10. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/153133599?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  11. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202678903?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  12. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202678903?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  13. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182730943?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  14. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219081476?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  15. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219081476?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  16. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20894818?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory>
  17. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182730943?searchTerm=stalworth%20factory
  18. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151481822?searchTerm=stalworth
  19. ^ Shaw, S. (1977) Over the Fence. Arthur H. Stockwell, Ilfracombe, Devon.
  20. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/153148572?searchTerm=stalworth
  21. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232600260/25067592
  22. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 December 2018.


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