Springdale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Springdale had a population of 25 people.[1]
Springdale Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28.8008°S 151.6119°E / -28.8008; 151.6119 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 25 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.1443/km2 (0.374/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4380 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 173.3 km2 (66.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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The Queensland Government operated the State Arsenic Mine (also called the Jibbinbar Mine) (28.7812°S 151.6153°E / -28.7812; 151.6153 (State Arsenic Mine)) from 1919 to 1924. The motivation for establishing the mine was to obtain arsenic was to poison prickly pear which was a highly invasive plant species in Queensland at that time. However, the prickly pear was eventually biologically controlled by the introduction of the Cactoblastis cactorum moth, removing the need for large supplies of arsenic, so the mine closed.[3][4]
Jibbenbah State School opened on 22 June 1922 for the use of mining families and local farming families. It closed on 27 January 1925.[4][5] It was located at 28.7753°S 151.6100°E / -28.7753; 151.6100 (Jibbenbah State School) about 600 metres (2,000 ft) north-west of the entrance to the mine entrance on Arsenic Mine Road.[6]
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