Elbow Valley, Queensland
| Elbow Valley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Elbow Valley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°24′33″S 152°10′01″E / 28.4091°S 152.1669°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 127 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 182.6 km2 (70.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Elbow Valley is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It borders New South Wales.[3]
History
The locality presumably takes its name from the Elbow River, which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827.[2]
Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923.[4] This school described as 7 miles (11 km) from Killarney was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road (28°22′40″S 152°11′52″E / 28.3777°S 152.1977°E) and the Westmoor pastoral property, and may have been associated with the Westmore Cheese factory which opened in January 1914 and was 1⁄4 mile (400 m) from the school.[5][6] It was a "tent school" and officially opened on 1 July 1916 by Francis Grayson, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cunningham, with food provided by the cheese factory.[7][8] In June 1927 the Queensland Government called for tenders to remove the school building.[9]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Elbow Valley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Elbow Valley – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 47650)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "NEW CHEESE FACTORY". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4529. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "KILLARNEY". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4769. Queensland, Australia. 29 September 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WESTMORE TENT SCHOOL". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4882. Queensland, Australia. 3 July 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WARWICK AND DISTRICT". The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 241. Queensland, Australia. 4 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WESTMORE SCHOOL BUILDING". Warwick Daily News. No. 2503. Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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