Abbeywood, Queensland

Abbeywood is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Abbeywood had a population of 23 people.[1]

Abbeywood
Queensland
Pupils from the Abbeywood School, circa 1924
Abbeywood
Coordinates26.1038°S 151.6455°E / -26.1038; 151.6455 (Abbeywood (centre of locality))
Population23 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.659/km2 (1.71/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4613
Area34.9 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Abbeywood:
Wigton Wigton Stonelands
Stalworth Abbeywood Stonelands
Stalworth Kinleymore Stonelands

History

Abbeywood Provisional School operated between in August 1912 and July 1913 as a half-time school with Speedwell Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between them).[3] In November 1914 Abbeywood State School was established,[4] closing on 31 December 1969.[5] It was at 402 Cridlands Road (26.1070°S 151.6292°E / -26.1070; 151.6292 (Abbeywood State School)).[6]

The name of the district was selected by schools' inspector Clement Lynam Fox when he approved the establishment of Abbeywood State School, choosing the name of his home town in England. [7] Prior to this the area was known interchangeably as the 'Overseas Settlement' or the 'Oswestry Grange Settlement', these names arising from the fact that a number of the newly surveyed blocks for selection were reserved for new immigrants and many of these had arrived on the ship Oswestry Grange. These early settlers formed a progress association which agitated government authorities for improvements such as roads, schools at both Abbeywood and nearby Speedwell and a branch railway line which was later opened in 1923 to a new terminus at Proston, including a station at Hivesville. The nearby village of Hivesville was for many years the main town of business for these early farmers.

One of the first selectors to take up a bush block for development into a farm was John (Reuben) Bull with his wife Louisa and six children in 1910. Others which followed closely were Leonard Hatchett, Sydney Shaw, John Slinger, George Perkins, A. Chesterton, Martin Comerford, Martin McGovern, E.J.Cridland, William Waters, Wildfred Welch, Ezekial York, Henry Holdsworth and Harry Olsen. [8] Sydney Shaw became the first teacher at Abbeywood State School.

In the 2016 census, Abbeywood had a population of 23 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Abbeywood. The nearest primary school is Proston State School in Proston to the south-west. The nearest secondary schools are the Proston State School (to Year 10) in Proston and Murgon State High School in Murgon to the south-east.[9]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Abbeywood (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Abbeywood – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46185)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "NEW STATE SCHOOLS". The Telegraph (13, 063). Queensland, Australia. 2 October 1914. p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Mondure" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. Shaw, S. (1977) Over the Fence. Arthur H. Stockwell, Ilfracombe, Devon.
  8. Murphy, J. & Easton, E. (1950) Wilderness to Wealth. The Nanango Centenary and South Burnett Historical Committee.
  9. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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