Lockrose is a rural locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Lockrose had a population of 562 people.[1]

Lockrose Queensland
Green Pastures Lutheran Church, 2019
Lockrose
Coordinates	27.4937°S 152.4606°E / -27.4937; 152.4606
Population	562 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	35.80/km2 (92.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4342
Area	15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Lockyer Valley Region Somerset Region
State electorate(s)	Lockyer
Federal division(s)	Blair
Suburbs around Lockrose: Kentville Lynford Mount Tarampa Glenore Grove Lockrose Brightview Regency Downs Regency Downs Brightview

Geography

Lockrose is in South East Queensland. The northern boundary of Lockrose is marked by Lockyer Creek and the southern boundary by Brightview Road.[4]

Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality.[4]

Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation.[4]

History

Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909.[5][6]

Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance including the children at the school who were given a holiday so they could attend. It was described as the largest festival to have taken place in Lockrose. The wooden church was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and cost £136 (including fencing) and was free of debt at its opening.[7][8]

Lockrose Post Office opened by 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1906) and closed in 1972.[9]

Lockrose had a population of 553 at the 2011 Census.[10]

Education

Lockrose State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Zabel Road (27.4936°S 152.4601°E / -27.4936; 152.4601 (Lockrose State School)).[11][12] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 64 students with 5 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).[13]

There is no secondary school in Lockrose. The nearest secondary school is in Lowood, with others in Rosewood, Laidley and Gatton.[4]

Amenities

Services are held at the Green Pastures Lutheran Church in Zabel Road each Sunday.[14] There is a cemetery behind the church.[15]

References

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