Maclagan is a rural town and locality in the

Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and bey ...

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, Australia. In the the locality of Maclagan had a population of 195 people.

Geography

Maclagan is a small town on the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

, 80 km (49.7 mi) north-west of

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...

and 45 km (28 mi) east of Dalby. The Dalby–Cooyar Road runs through from south to east. Bunya Mountains-Maclagan Road exits to the north. The Pechey-Maclagan Road ends at the southern boundary where it meets Dalby-Cooyar Road.

History

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The township of Maclagan was surveyed on 17 May 1889. The town was originally named Bismarck after

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of ...

until 1916 when it was renamed Maclagan due to the

anti-German sentiment Anti-German sentiment (also known as Anti-Germanism, Germanophobia or Teutophobia) is opposition to or fear of Germany, its inhabitants, its culture, or its language. Its opposite is Germanophilia. Anti-German sentiment largely began w ...

during

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. The township was renamed Maclagan in honour of Brigadier Ewen George Sinclair-Maclagan (1868-1948). Bismarck Street is still a street in the town. Moola Road Provisional School opened on 5 September 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Moola Road State School. In 1916 it was renamed Maclagan State School. It closed on 22 June 1962. On Saturday 3 October 1925, the Maclagan School of Arts was officially opened with a ball. St Matthew's Lutheran Church was officially opened and dedicated on 3 November 1935. It was on the Bunya Mountains Road to the west of the town. In 1961 it was relocated to Margaret Street. On Saturday 24 October 1942, Macalagan Memorial Hall was officially opened and dedicated to those who served in

and

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. Rimfire Winery was established in 1992 by Tony Connellan at 44 Bismarck Street (). It closed some time between 2006 and 2012. In the , Maclagan and the surrounding area had a population of 342. In the the locality of Maclagan had a population of 195 people.

Economy

Maclagan Meats Processing is at 4282 Dalby Cooyar Road ().

Education

There are no schools in Maclagan. The nearest primary school and secondary school to Year 10 is Quinalow State School in neighbouring

Quinalow Quinalow is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Quinalow had a population of 173 people. Geography The town is located on Darling Downs in the north of the locality and on the bank ...

to the south-west. For secondary education to Year 12 the nearest schools are Oakey State High School in

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. Geography The town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region lo ...

to the south and

Dalby State High School Dalby State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 28B Nicholson Street, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1953 to 1954. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 19 August 2016. ...

in Dalby to the south-west.

Amenities

Maclagan has a post office and general store, a small museum, a butcher, a kindergarten and a park. It also has a welding shop, and fuel depot. Maclagan Memorial Hall is at 23-25 Margaret Street (). St Matthew's Lutheran Church is at 7 Margaret Street (). Maclagan Cemetery is on Quinalow Woodleigh Road ().

Attractions

Maclagan Memories Museum is an open-air museum at 25 Bunya Mountains Maclagan Road (). It includes the original

Jondaryan Jondaryan is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jondaryan had a population of 385 people. Geography The Western railway line passes through the locality. The now-closed Jondaryan ...

Court House (established 1884), Rangemore State School (opened 1913), and the

Milk Express truck.

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