Elbow Valley, Queensland

Elbow Valley is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census It is on the border of New South Wales.[3] Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people.[1]

Elbow Valley
Queensland
Elbow Valley
Coordinates28.4091°S 152.1669°E / -28.4091; 152.1669 (Elbow Valley (centre of locality))
Population95 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.594/km2 (1.538/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area160.0 km2 (61.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Elbow Valley:
Wildash Murrays Bridge Loch Lomond
Killarney
Cherry Gully Elbow Valley Legume (NSW)
Lower Acacia Creek (NSW)
Dalveen Maryland (NSW) Cullendore (NSW)

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the Elbow River, which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827.[2]

Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923.[4] This school described as 7 miles (11 km) from Killarney was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road (28.3777°S 152.1977°E / -28.3777; 152.1977 (Westmore Road, Elbow Bend)) and the Westmoor pastoral property, and may have been associated with the Westmore Cheese factory which opened in January 1914 and was 1⁄4 mile (400 m) from the school.[5][6] It was a "tent school" and officially opened on 1 July 1916 by Francis Grayson, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cunningham, with food provided by the cheese factory.[7][8] In June 1927 the Queensland Government called for tenders to remove the school building.[9]

In the 2016 census Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elbow Valley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Elbow Valley – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 49856)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "NEW CHEESE FACTORY". Warwick Examiner And Times (4529). Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "KILLARNEY". Warwick Examiner And Times (4769). Queensland, Australia. 29 September 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "WESTMORE TENT SCHOOL". Warwick Examiner And Times (4882). Queensland, Australia. 3 July 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "WARWICK AND DISTRICT". The Brisbane Courier (18, 241). Queensland, Australia. 4 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "WESTMORE SCHOOL BUILDING". Warwick Daily News (2503). Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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