Elbow Valley, Queensland - Australia

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

Elbow Valley
Queensland

Elbow Valley

Coordinates

28.4091°S 152.1669°E

Population

95 (2016 census)[1]

• Density

0.594/km² (1.538/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

4370

Area

160.0 km² (61.8 sq mi)

Time zone

AEST (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	Legume (NSW) Lower Acacia Creek (NSW)
Dalveen	Maryland (NSW)	Cullendore (NSW)

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the Elbow River, which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827.[3]

Elbow Valley Provisional School opened on 17 July 1882. On 1 January 1909, it became Elbow Valley State School. It closed in 1946.[4] It was on O'Deas Road (28.3876°S 152.1287°E / -28.3876; 152.1287).[5]

Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923.[6] This school described as 7 miles (11 km) from Killarney was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road (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.[7][8] 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.[9][10] In June 1927, the Queensland Government called for tenders to remove the school building.[11]

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

Education

There are no schools in Elbow Valley. The nearest government primary schools are Murrays Bridge State School in neighbouring Murrays Bridge to the north, Killarney State School in neighbouring Killarney to the north-east, and Dalveen State School in neighbouring Dalveen to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Killarney State School (to Year 10), Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the north, and Stanthorpe State High School (to Year 12) in Stanthorpe to the south-west.[2]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elbow Valley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
"Elbow Valley – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 49856)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 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 2m7" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
"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.
"KILLARNEY". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4769. Queensland, Australia. 29 September 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"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.
"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.
"WESTMORE SCHOOL BUILDING". Warwick Daily News. No. 2503. Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

History

Education

References

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