Happy Valley, Queensland (Mount Isa)

Happy Valley is a suburb of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.[2]

For the town on Fraser Island, see Happy Valley, Queensland (Fraser Island).

Happy Valley
Mount Isa, Queensland
Mount Isa Mines State School, 1930
Happy Valley
Coordinates20.7473°S 139.4900°E / -20.7473; 139.4900
Population767 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,840/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4825
Area0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)City of Mount Isa
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Happy Valley:
Mount Isa (locality) Parkside Parkside
Mount Isa (locality) Happy Valley Healy
Mount Isa (locality) Mica Creek Mica Creek

Geography

The Leichhard River flows north-south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River).[3][4] Happy Valley is a "mineside" suburb.[5]

Happy Valley is bounded to the west by the Great Northern railway, to the north by Twenty-third Avenue, and to the east roughly by the Leichhardt River.[6]

History

The suburb was named in September 1973 and is the ironic name given to the area by the population during the Great Depression, when a shanty town existed in the area.[2]

Isa Mines State School opened on 3 May 1932 with 79 students and head-teacher Mr Phail and assistant teacher Miss Bennett. The original school building had 2 rooms with verandahs on the front and one side. By the end of the first month there were 99 students. Rising student numbers necessitated the user of the verandahs as classrooms resulting in the addition of two more schoolrooms and an office in 1933. In 1938 a fifth classroom was added for the primary school with another room for secondary students who were taught by high school teacher Les Jacobs.[7] In the early 1970s new facilities were built and the school was renamed Happy Valley State School.[8]

Education

Happy Valley State School is a primary (P-6) school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government at Brillian Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 402 students with 29 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).[9]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Happy Valley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Happy Valley – suburb in City of Mount Isa (entry 42459)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. "Mount Isa". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. "This Mining Life: Mount Isa, QLD". Mining People International. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  7. "Isa Mines School". Mimag. 2 (1): 7. 1 January 1949. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. "2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Happy Valley State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  • "Mount Isa suburbs". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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