College View is a rural

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in the

Lockyer Valley Region The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia. The region is located between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba, and is bordered by the Somerset and Southern Downs ...

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, Australia. In the , College View had a population of 72 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north by Lockyer Creek and to the south by Gatton Laidley Road West. The

Warrego Highway The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...

enters the locality from the north-east ( Crowley Vale) and exits to the north-west ( Lawes). The land use is predominantly irrigated horticulture with some

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the former

Queensland Agricultural College University of Queensland Gatton Campus is a heritage-listed university campus of the University of Queensland at Warrego Highway, Lawes (east of Gatton), Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1897 to 1960s. It is als ...

(now the

University of Queensland Gatton Campus University of Queensland Gatton Campus is a heritage-listed university campus of the University of Queensland at Warrego Highway, Lawes (east of Gatton), Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1897 to 1960s. It is al ...

) in neighbouring Lawes. On 28 August 1900, a public meeting was held to obtain a school in the district as there was an estimated 30 children who would attend. The Queensland Agricultural College offered of its land (although this was subsequently increased as the Queensland Government thought more land was required for a school). College View Provisional School opened on 26 August 1901 with Miss Lewis as headteacher. On 1 January 1909, it became College View State School. A school residence was built in 1913. The school closed in 1958. It was at 5391 Warrego Highway, now within the locality of Lawes (approx ).

Demographics

In the , College View had a population of 84 people. In the , College View had a population of 72 people.

Education

There are no schools in College View. The nearest government primary schools are

Lake Clarendon State School Lake Clarendon State School is a heritage-listed state school at 35 Lake Clarendon Road, Lake Clarendon, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1901 to 1902 by Patrick Fagan. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Regi ...

in neighbouring

Lake Clarendon The Lake Clarendon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located off-stream in the locality of Lake Clarendon in the Lockyer Valley Region, South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for ...

to the north and Forest Hill State School in neighbouring Forest Hill to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the west.

Facilities

Despite the name, Forest Hill Cemetery is on Logan Road in College View ().

References

{{Lockyer Valley Region Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland