Leyburn, Queensland
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| Population: | 348[1] |
| Postcode: | 4365 |
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| LGA: | Southern Downs Region |
| Federal Division: | Maranoa |
Leyburn (pronounced Leeburn) is a town in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Leyburn and the surrounding area had a population of 348.[1]
[edit] History
Leyburn was named in the 1840s by William Gray, Snr., who came to the area by bullock dray from Pitt Town on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.[2] The first name for the locality was Canal Creek; the name was changed to Leyburn by Henry and Jane Kirby, Gray's son-in-law and daughter, and derives from the market town of Leyburn in the English county of Yorkshire.[2] The site for the town was surveyed in November 1852. Henry Kirby and another man named Collins applied in 1854 for the licence of the Travellers' Home Inn at Leyburn.[2]
The post office at Leyburn opened on 1 January 1861.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Leyburn (Warwick Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC36547&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ a b c From series of articles published under the title Queensland place names and obelisks by Sydney May (formerly Honorary Secretary of the Queensland Place Names Committee) in Local Government, June 1957 - November 1964
- ^ Porter, Harry S. (1954) Queensland Numeral Cancellations, p. 13. Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press
[edit] External links
- SMH Travel - Retrieved 20 March 2008
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Coordinates: 28°01′S 151°34′E / 28.017°S 151.567°E
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