Baking Board, Queensland - Australia

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Baking Board is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Baking Board had a population of 97 people.[1]

Baking Board
Queensland

Baking Board

Coordinates

26.6983°S 150.5644°E

Population

97 (2016 census)[1]

• Density

1.064/km² (2.755/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

4413

Area

91.2 km² (35.2 sq mi)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10:00)

LGA(s)

Western Downs Region

State electorate(s)

Callide

Federal division(s)

Maranoa

Suburbs around Baking Board:
Cameby	Blackswamp	Red Hill
Rywung	Baking Board	Chinchilla
Greenswamp	Chinchilla	Chinchilla

History

The locality's name comes from Bakingboard Creek, reportedly so named because a piece of bark was found there and used as a damper mixing board.[2]

Baking Board State School opened on 15 May 1909. It closed for a short period in 1930 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently on 1 August 1961.[3] It was located near the Warrego Highway (approx 26.7082°S 150.5440°E / -26.7082; 150.5440).[4][5][6]

In 1914 a Methodist church was opened in Baking Board.[7]

In the 2016 census Baking Board had a population of 97 people.[1]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Baking Board (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Baking Board – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47661)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
"Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m83" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
"METHODIST SYNODS". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 721. Queensland, Australia. 31 October 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 10 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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