Wolffdene, Queensland
| Wolffdene Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Wickham Road, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
  Wolffdene | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°46′50″S 153°10′27″E / 27.78056°S 153.17417°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 292 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4207 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 40 km (25 mi) south of Brisbane | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Logan City | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Logan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Forde | ||||||||||||||
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Wolffdene is a locality in Logan City, Queensland, Australia.[2]
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°47′02″S 153°11′10″E / 27.7838°S 153.1862°E).[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
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wolffdene". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Wolffdene (entry 45297)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "To-day's Deputation". Brisbane. No. 5, 908. Queensland, Australia. 24 September 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TO-DAY, MARCH 3". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XLVIII, no. 10, 650. Queensland, Australia. 3 March 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Agency ID 8403, Wolffdene State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Tamborine" (Map). Queensland Government. 1926. marked with an "S". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Clair, Kieran (6 November 2017). "Queensland history on the auctioneer's block south of the city". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Darrell Giles. "Albert River dam site revealed". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
