Caldervale, Queensland
| Caldervale Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Caldervale | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°55′22″S 146°49′27″E / 24.9227°S 146.8241°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 11 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00375/km2 (0.0097/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4478 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,936.8 km2 (1,133.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC10) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Blackall-Tambo Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Caldervale is a rural locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Caldervale had a population of 11 people.[1]
Geography
The ridge of the Great Dividing Range passes through Caldervale and creates a drainage divide. The north and south of the locality are within the Warrego River drainage basin which becomes part of the Murray-Darling basin which enters the Southern Ocean at Lake Alexandrina in South Australia. The west of the locality is within the Cooper Creek drainage basin which ultimately ends at Lake Eyre. The east of the locality is within the Fitzroy River drainage basin which flows into the Coral Sea south of Rockhampton.[3] The Pluto Timber Reserve is in the east of the locality.[3]
History
In March 1881, the Caldervale pastoral station of 25 square miles (65 km2) was forfeited by its previous owner and sold to J. & R. Winton.[4]
Malta Provisional School opened in 1881 and closed in 1883.[5] Malta is the name of the parish[6] and a pastoral property in the west of Caldervale.[7] When it was sold by Joseph Henry Hoddinott to Edward Goddard Blume in 1924, the Caldervale pastoral station had an area of 430 square miles (1,100 km2) and carried 2,000 head of cattle.[8]
In 1934, the cattle station was quarantined due to an outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle.[9]
In 2014, Caldervale station, along with other pastoral properties owned by the Hughes family, became certified for its organic Wagyu beef production.[10]
Education
There are no schools in Caldervale. However, neighboroughing Tambo has a primary and junior secondary school (to Year 10). There is no senior secondary school in the area but distance education would be available through the School of the Air.[3]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Caldervale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Caldervale – locality in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 47059)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Sale of Forfeited Runs". The Queenslander. Vol. XIX, no. 290. Queensland, Australia. 5 March 1881. p. 309. Retrieved 9 June 2019 – 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
- ^ "Malta – parish in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 20734)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "BIG STATION DEAL". The Daily Mail. No. 6861. Queensland, Australia. 22 February 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PLEURO-PNEUMONIA OUTBREAK". Sunday Mail. No. 595. Queensland, Australia. 21 October 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Hudson, Sarah (4 January 2017). "Lake Nash Station: Hughes family follows organic Wagyu dream". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
External links
- Queensland Survey Office (1912). [Selection plans] : to be open for selection at the Land Office, Tambo, on Thursday, 12th December, 1912: Sketch map of portions 1 to 4, Parish of Malta, portion 1, Parish of Valetta (Stockade Creek), portion 1, Parish of Berkshire and portion 1, Parish of Caldervale, O.L. 43 to 47, County of Nive. Queensland Government.—shows the location of the Caldervale pastoral lease and homestead in 1912
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