Springdale is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Springdale had a population of 28 people.

Geography

The terrain varies from above sea level with the following named peaks (from north to south): * Mount Malakoff () * Mount Emily () * Black Jack Mountain () Apart from the area around the historic arsenic mines, the land use is predominantly

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

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operated the State Arsenic Mine (also called the Jibbinbar Mine) () from 1919 to 1924. The motivation for establishing the mine was to obtain

arsenic Arsenic is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol As and atomic number 33. It is a metalloid and one of the pnictogens, and therefore shares many properties with its group 15 neighbors phosphorus and antimony. Arsenic is not ...

was to poison prickly pear which was a highly invasive plant species in Queensland at that time. However, the prickly pear was eventually biologically controlled by the introduction of the

Cactoblastis cactorum ''Cactoblastis cactorum'', the cactus moth, South American cactus moth or nopal moth, is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It is one of five species in the genus ''Cactoblastis'' that inhabit South America, where many par ...

moth, removing the need for large supplies of arsenic, so the mine closed. Jibbenbah State School opened on 22 June 1922 for the use of mining families and local farming families. It closed on 27 January 1925. It was located at about north-west of the entrance to the mine entrance on Arsenic Mine Road.

Demographics

In the , Springdale had a population of 25 people. In the , Springdale had a population of 28 people.

Education

There are no schools in Springdale. The nearest government primary schools are Greenlands State School in Greenlands to the north-east and

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to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Texas State School (to Year 10) and Stanthorpe State High School (to Year 12) in

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to the north-east.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland