Montrose, Queensland (Western Downs Region)
| Montrose Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Montrose | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°00′14″S 150°37′02″E / 27.0038°S 150.6172°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 65 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.3837/km2 (0.994/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4413 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 169.4 km2 (65.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Montrose is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Montrose had a population of 65 people.[1]
History[edit]
The locality takes its name from the parish and the pastoral run name, which pastoralist St George Richard Gore named on 5 May 1866 after the town of Montrose in Forfarshire, Scotland.[2]
Malara Provisional School and Montrose Provision School both opened circa 1911 as half-time provisional schools (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). In 1919 both schools closed due to low student numbers.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Montrose (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Montrose – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47728)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ 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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