Clintonvale Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Sunset and moonrise over Main Range National Park seen from Clintonvale, Queensland, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°05′45″S 152°07′11″E / 28.0958°S 152.1197°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 72 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.143/km2 (5.55/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 33.6 km2 (13.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people. [1]
The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east ( Gladfield) to south-west ( Glengallan). [3]
Mount Stewart rises to 766 metres (2,513 ft) in the north of the locality ( 28°03′46″S 152°06′58″E / 28.0627°S 152.1161°E). [4] [5]
The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s. [2] [6]
Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001. [7] [8] It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road ( 28°05′44″S 152°07′51″E / 28.0956°S 152.1309°E). [9] [10] [3] As at April 2021, the school building is still extant. [11] The school's website was archived. [12]
The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911, [13] with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonvale railway station ( 28°05′45″S 152°07′45″E / 28.0959°S 152.1291°E). [10] Originally intended as a segment of a more direct (via recta) railway route from Brisbane to Sydney, the segment from Mount Edwards to Maryvale was never completed and the line remained a local branch line until it closed on 1 November 1960. [14] [15]
In the 2016 census, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people. [16]
In the 2021 census, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people. [1]
There are no schools in Clintonvale. The nearest government primary school in Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Allora P-10 School (to Year 10) in Allora to the north-west and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the south-west. [3]
Lysaught Park is on the corner of the Cunningham Highway and Clintonvale School Road ( 28°05′42″S 152°07′51″E / 28.0951°S 152.1308°E). [17]
Clintonvale Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Sunset and moonrise over Main Range National Park seen from Clintonvale, Queensland, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°05′45″S 152°07′11″E / 28.0958°S 152.1197°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 72 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.143/km2 (5.55/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 33.6 km2 (13.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people. [1]
The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east ( Gladfield) to south-west ( Glengallan). [3]
Mount Stewart rises to 766 metres (2,513 ft) in the north of the locality ( 28°03′46″S 152°06′58″E / 28.0627°S 152.1161°E). [4] [5]
The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s. [2] [6]
Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001. [7] [8] It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road ( 28°05′44″S 152°07′51″E / 28.0956°S 152.1309°E). [9] [10] [3] As at April 2021, the school building is still extant. [11] The school's website was archived. [12]
The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911, [13] with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonvale railway station ( 28°05′45″S 152°07′45″E / 28.0959°S 152.1291°E). [10] Originally intended as a segment of a more direct (via recta) railway route from Brisbane to Sydney, the segment from Mount Edwards to Maryvale was never completed and the line remained a local branch line until it closed on 1 November 1960. [14] [15]
In the 2016 census, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people. [16]
In the 2021 census, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people. [1]
There are no schools in Clintonvale. The nearest government primary school in Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Allora P-10 School (to Year 10) in Allora to the north-west and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the south-west. [3]
Lysaught Park is on the corner of the Cunningham Highway and Clintonvale School Road ( 28°05′42″S 152°07′51″E / 28.0951°S 152.1308°E). [17]