Fairney View, Queensland

Fairney View is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Fairney View had a population of 223 people.[1]

Fairney View
Somerset Region, Queensland
Fairney View Fernvale Road, 2014
Fairney View
Coordinates27.4819°S 152.6511°E / -27.4819; 152.6511
Population223 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density19.91/km2 (51.6/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4306
Area11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Dickson
Suburbs around Fairney View:
Fernvale Fernvale Fernvale
Vernor Fairney View Borallon
Glamorgan Vale Wanora Wanora

History

The locality takes its name from a pastoral property called Fairney Lawn operated by grazier Joseph North in 1841. It was also the name of the railway station opened in June 1884 on the now closed Brisbane Valley railway line.[2] Queensland Railways Department records indicate that the meaning of the name Fairney View is ''view of ferns".[3]

Tenders were called for the construction of a school building in Fairney View in October 1895.[4] Fairney View Provisional School opened on 20 January 1896 under the direction of teacher Miss Harris.[5] It became Fairney View State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967.[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fairney View (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Fairney View – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44866)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. "SKETCHER". The Queenslander (2455). Queensland, Australia. 4 April 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "TENDERS INVITED". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XXXVI (5347). Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "FAIRNEY VIEW". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XXXVI (5393). Queensland, Australia. 1 February 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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