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Lockrose
Lockrose is a rural locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia. In the , Lockrose had a population of 564 people. Geography Lockrose is in South East Queensland. The northern boundary of Lockrose is marked by Lockyer Creek and the southern boundary by Brightview Road. Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality. Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation. History Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909. Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynford, Queensland
Lynford is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Lockyer Creek forms the southern and eastern boundary of the locality. The land is flat and used for crop farming. Forest Hill Ferndale Road passes through the locality roughly parallel and to the north of the creek; the housing is mostly along this road. History The locality was named and bounded on 3 June 1994. Demographics The population of Lynford is not separately reported in the Australian census The Census in Australia, officially the Census of Population and Housing, is the national census in Australia that occurs every five years. The census collects key demographic, social and economic data from all people in Australia on census nig .... It is included in the census data for its neighbouring locality Lockrose. References Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Downs, Queensland
Regency Downs is a mixed-use locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Regency Downs had a population of 2,623 people, an increase of 12% from the (2,306 people). Geography Regency Downs is located in the Lockyer Valley and is immediately north of the Warrego Highway and Plainland and east of Glenore Grove. It is approximately 75 kilometres from Brisbane and 55 kilometres from Toowoomba. The Lockyer Valley Regional Council is the local government authority for Regency Downs. Historically a rural area, it has increasingly been subdivised into rural residential house sites reducing the agriculture in the locality. The predominant land use is housing with the remainder of the land used for grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was named and bounded on 3 June 1994 and amended on 26 May 2000. The district was re-gazetted on 29 August 2008 due to local council amalgamations under the ''Local Government Reform Implementation Act 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brightview, Queensland
Brightview is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brightview had a population of 911 people. Geography Brightview is a rural locality. The larger north-eastern part () is in Somerset Region and is mostly used for farming; that part is in the federal electorate of Division of Blair, Blair. The smaller south-western part () in Lockyer Valley Region is more residential in character; that part is in the federal electorate of Division of WWright. The northern boundary is Lockyer Creek. Brightview Weir is located on the creek at . History Brightview was originally named Tarampa Flats and then Lobethal. It is thought the present name was the name of a pastoral property owned by Ernest Christian Frederick Beutel. Due to the number of local areas which had "Tarampa" as part of their place name, local residents met in February 1906 to propose that their area had a new name and sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |