Fordsdale, Queensland

Fordsdale is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region of South East Queensland, Australia.[2]

Fordsdale
Queensland
School of Arts hall, 2014
Fordsdale
Coordinates27°43′10″S 152°7′15″E
Population211 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s)4343
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Fordsdale:
Rockmount Egypt
Mount Whitestone		 Mount Whitestone
Ramsay Fordsdale Mount Whitestone
West Haldon West Haldon West Haldon

Geography

The terrain in the area is rugged. Lower areas along the creeks have been farmed while the steep and elevated parts remain vegetated. Silky Oak Creek joins Ma Ma Creek, a tributary of Lockyer Creek at Fordsdale. Dwyers Scrub Regional Park has been established in the west.

History

The locality is said to be named after William Thomas Ford, a farmer of Mount Whitestone, who carried the mail from Grantham to Mount Whitestone run from 1896.[2][3]

Ma Ma Creek Upper Provisional School opened on 8 July 1895 but was renamed Fordsdale Provisional School in 1896. On 1 January 1909 it became Fordsdale State School. The school closed in 1967.[4]

At the 2011 Australian Census Forsdale and surrounds recorded a population 211.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Fordsdale. The nearest primary school is in Mount Whitestone. The nearest secondary school is in Gatton.[5]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Fordsdale (Gazetted Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. "Fordsdale (entry 49516)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. "Country Correspondence". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XXXVII (5530). Queensland, Australia. 17 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 17 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  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. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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