Wolffdene, Queensland

Wolffdene is a locality in Logan City, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Wolffdene
Queensland
Wickham Road, 2016
Wolffdene
Coordinates27°46′50″S 153°10′27″E
Population292 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4207
Location40 km (25 mi) south of Brisbane
LGA(s)Logan City
State electorate(s)Logan
Federal Division(s)Forde
Suburbs around Wolffdene:
Buccan Belivah
Bannockburn		 Yatala
Logan Village Wolffdene Luscombe
Cedar Creek Cedar Creek Luscombe

History

Belivah Provisional School opened circa 1874 and classes were held in a church. In September 1891 the residents were agitiating to relocate the school to a location closer to where more children lived, but Queensland Government did not wish to pay for a new provisional school.[3] In March 1892 the residents commenced the construction of a new school themselves and the Queensland Government agreed to contribute £37 to complete the building.[4] It was renamed Wolffdene Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Wolffdene State School. It closed in 1935 but re-opened 15 February 1939. It closed permanently on 31 August 1942.[5][6] It was located at 810 Beaudesert Beenleigh Road (27.7838°S 153.1862°E / -27.7838; 153.1862 (Wolffedene State School (site))).[7][8]

Proposed dam

In 1989, the Goss Government rejected a proposal to build Wolffdene Dam on the Albert River. Later, a dam near Glendower Homestead was once planned in a Queensland Government water strategy report from 1990. The option was discarded after it was revealed the site was too costly to build a dam for the amount of water it would have provided.[9]

21st century

In the 2011 census, Wolffdene had a population of 292 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wolffdene". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. "Wolffdene (entry 45297)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. "To-day's Deputation". Brisbane (5, 908). Queensland, Australia. 24 September 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "TO-DAY, MARCH 3". The Brisbane Courier. XLVIII (10, 650). Queensland, Australia. 3 March 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "Agency ID 8403, Wolffdene State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. "Tamborine" (Map). Queensland Government. 1926. marked with an "S". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. Clair, Kieran (6 November 2017). "Queensland history on the auctioneer's block south of the city". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. Darrell Giles. "Albert River dam site revealed". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
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