Adavale

Adavale is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.[1]

Adavale Queensland
Adavale
Coordinates	25.9108°S 144.6005°E
Population	93 (2016 census locality)[1]
• Density	0.004355/km^2 (0.01128/sq mi)
Established	1880
Postcode(s)	4474
Area	21,356.4 km^2 (8,245.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	931 km (578 mi) W of Brisbane 186 km (116 mi) W of Charleville 98 km (61 mi) N of Quilpie
LGA(s)	Shire of Quilpie
State electorate(s)	Warrego
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Localities around Adavale: Jundah Isisford Blackall Eromanga Adavale Lango Cooladdi Quilpie Quilpie Humeburn

Geography

Adavale is in South West Queensland, 931 kilometres (578 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Between Adavale and Yaraka is Yapunyah waterhole.

The town is only accessible along a gravel road from Charleville in the east, Quilpie in the south and Blackall in the north.[4]

History

Stagecoach outside Adavale Post Office, 1907

StateLibQld 1 118076 Patrons of the Green Gate Hotel on the verandah, Adavale, 1928

The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of Ernest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that Ada lost her hat veil where the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek.[2]

Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville.[5]

Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991.[6]

Milo Station Provisional School opened circa 1888 and closed circa 1891. It reopened as Milo Provision School circa 1902 and closed circa 1905.[7]

Adavale Provisional School opened on 8 October 1888. On 1 January 1909 it became Adavale State School. It closed on 31 December 1968.[7][8]

From 1889 to 1930, Adavale was the seat of local government, initially called Adavale Division and later the Shire of Adavale. The town was a thriving centre but, in 1917 the Western railway line did not come to the town as expected but passed further to the south where the new town of Quilpie was created along the railway line, and soon became the major town in the region while Adavale diminished. In 1930 it was decided that the seat of local government should move from Adavale to Quilpie and the Shire of Adavale was renamed the Shire of Quilpie.[4]

At the 2006 census, Adavale and the surrounding area had a population of 141,[9] with the town itself having an estimated population of around 15.[4]

In the 2016 census the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.[1]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Adavale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
2. "Adavale – town in Shire of Quilpie (entry 104)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
3. "Adavale – locality in Shire of Quilpie (entry 42937)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
4. "Adavale". Queensland's Outback. Tourism Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
5. "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander. XIX (282). Queensland, Australia. 8 January 1881. p. 61. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
6. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
8. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Adavale (Quilpie Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

External links

• "Adavale Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.