Speedwell, Queensland - Australia

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Speedwell is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Speedwell had a population of 28 people.[1]

Speedwell
Queensland

Speedwell

Coordinates

26.0677°S 151.5469°E

Population

28 (2016 census)[1]

• Density

0.438/km² (1.133/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

4613

Area

64.0 km² (24.7 sq mi)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10:00)

LGA(s)

South Burnett Region

State electorate(s)

Nanango

Federal division(s)

Flynn

Suburbs around Speedwell:
Wigton	Wigton	Wigton
Boondooma	Speedwell	Wigton
Okeden	Stalworth	Stalworth

History

Speedwell Provisional School operated from 12 August 1912 to July 1913 as a half-time provisional school with Abbeywood Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). It then became a full-time provisional school (having its own teacher). On 1 January 1915 it became Speedwell State School. It closed in 1962.[3] It was at the kink in Speedwell School Road (26.0751°S 151.5421°E / -26.0751; 151.5421 (Speedwell State School (former))).[4][5]

Speedwell Baptist Church opened on Sunday 16 April 1916.[6] In 1967, the church building and congregation relocated to Proston.[7][8][9]

In the 2016 census, Speedwell had a population of 28 people.[1]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Speedwell (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Speedwell – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 49215)". 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 2m114" (Map). Queensland Government. 1952. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
"RELIGIOUS". The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 179. Queensland, Australia. 22 April 1916. p. 16. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
"Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
"1916 Speedwell later Proston". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
"Proston Baptist Church". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

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