Bellthorpe is a rural
locality
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in the
City of Moreton Bay
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Bellthorpe had a population of 108 people.
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Much of the area is protected within the Bellthorpe National Park.
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Geography
The south of Bellthorpe lies within the Stanley River catchment. In the north Kilcoy Creek flows into the Mary River.
Bellthorpe West is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality ().
History
The locality was possibly named after politician Joshua Thomas Bell
Joshua Thomas Bell (13 March 1863 – 10 March 1911) was an Australian barrister and politician.
Bell was the son of Sir Joshua Peter Bell, and his wife Margaret Miller, née Dorsey and was born in Ipswich, Queensland. Bell was educated at Br ...
who was the Secretary for Public Lands in the Queensland Government
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at the time the district became available for selection
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Bellthorpe Provisional School opened on 22 April 1919, closing in 1922 due to low student numbers. However, it re-opened in 1923 and became Bellthorpe State School in 1927. It closed in 1969.][
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Demographics
In the , Bellthorpe had a population of 124 people.
Education
There are no schools in Bellthorpe. The nearest government primary schools are Woodford State School in neighbouring Woodford to the south-east and Peachester State School in Peachester to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Woodford State School (to Year 10), Maleny State High School (to Year 12) in Maleny
Maleny (pronounced ''muh-LAY-knee'') is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Maleny was a timber town until the early 1920s and then was a centre of dairy production ...
to the north-east, Beerwah State High School
Beerwah State High School (often abbreviated to Beerwah High School, Beerwah High or simply BSHS) is a government-owned secondary school in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia that was established in 1992.
Faculties
Subject offerings at Beerwah Sta ...
in Beerwah to the east, and Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy
Kilcoy is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kilcoy had a population of 1,996 people.
Geography
The township is on the D'Aguilar Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisban ...
to the south-west.
References
{{City of Moreton Bay
Suburbs of the City of Moreton Bay
Localities in Queensland