Walloon is a town and rural residential locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Walloon had a population of 1,588 people.[1]
The centre and eastern parts of the locality are rural residential while the land use in the western part of the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[5]
History
The origin of the suburb name is thought to refer to the French-speaking area of southern Belgium known as Wallonia.[3]
Guilfoyles Creek Non Vested School was opened in 1865 by the Catholic Church.[6][7][8][9] It may have closed and reopened but is believed to have closed permanently when Walloon State School opened in 1877.[10]
A German Lutheran Church opened in Walloon near the railway station on Wednesday 9 July 1873.[11][12]
In July 1873 the Queensland Government reserved 10 acres (4.0ha) at Walloon for a "national school" (the former name for "state school").[13] In October 1876 the government called for tenders to construct a primary school at Walloon.[14] The foundations for the school building were in place by February 1877.[15] Walloon State School opened on 9 July 1877.[10]
On Saturday 21 April 1891, sisters Bridget Kate and Mary Jane Broderick (aged 9 and 6 respectively) were drowned in a waterhole near their home in Walloon.[16] Poet Henry Lawson wrote a poem called The Babies of Walloon based on their deaths. In 2006, a sculpture depicting the Broderick sisters playing was unveiled in the Henry Lawson Bicentennial Park in Walloon. In 2015, a new headstone was erected of the children's grave in Ipswich General Cemetery.[17]
In the 2011 census, Walloon had a population of 1,548 people.[18]
In the 2016 census the locality of Walloon had a population of 1,588 people.[1]
Walloon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Karrabin-Rosewood Road (27.6056°S 152.6631°E / -27.6056; 152.6631 (Walloon State School)).[19][20] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 234 students with 19 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).[21] It includes a special education program.[19]
There is no secondary school in the Walloon. The nearest government secondary schools are Ipswich State High School in Brassall, Ipswich, to the east and Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the south-west.[5]
Amenities
The Ipswich City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Queen Street.[22]
The Walloon branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 534 Karrabin-Rosewood Road.[23]
There are a number of parks in Walloon, including:
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"TELEGRAPHIC". The Brisbane Courier. Vol.XXVIII, no.4, 990. Queensland, Australia. 26 September 1873. p.2. Retrieved 5 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.
"OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. Vol.XXVIII, no.4, 938. Queensland, Australia. 28 July 1873. p.3. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021– via National Library of Australia.
"OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Telegraph. No.1, 251. Queensland, Australia. 14 October 1876. p.3. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021– via National Library of Australia.
"Brisbane Grammar School at Melbourne". The Queenslander. Vol.XII, no.77. Queensland, Australia. 3 February 1877. p.11. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021– via National Library of Australia.
"Sad Drowning Fatality". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol.XXXII, no.4557. Queensland, Australia. 23 March 1891. p.2 (Daily.). Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2016– via National Library of Australia.
"ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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