Sladevale is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Sladevale had a population of 433 people.

History

In 1897, the residents of Campbell's Plains began to lobby for a school, declaring in 1898 that there were more than fifty children in the district. In 1899, the Queensland Government called for tenders to erect the school and teacher's residence. Campbell's Plains State School opened on 13 November 1899 under headmaster James Allen Ferguson. In 1900, the post office at the school was renamed Sladevale because the name Campbell's Plains was too common. In 1903, the school was renamed Sladevale State School. The school closed in 1932 and its teacher's resident relocated to Applethorpe. Local residents tried to have the school re-opened in 1937 without success. In 1944, it was agreed to re-open the school with about 17 students. It closed on 28 April 1967. It was at 12739

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, I ...

(). Campbells Plains railway station () and Sladevale railway station () were on the former

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Demographics

In the , Sladevale had a population of 381 people. In the , Sladevale had a population of 433 people.

Education

There are no schools in Sladevale. The nearest government primary schools are Glennie Heights State School and

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, both in neighbouring

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to the south-west and Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the north. There are also a number of non-government schools in Warwick.

Facilities

Warwick Solar Farm was developed by the

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at 115 Mcmahon Road (). It has over 200,000

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capable of powering more than 25,000 homes per year.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland