Elphinstone Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°58′55″S 151°54′04″E / 27.9819°S 151.9011°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 60 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.28/km2 (5.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4361 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]
The locality's name was originally a railway station name, called after pioneer Darling Downs pastoralist Ernest George Beck Elphinstone Dalrymple related to Patrick Leslie of Canning Downs and Goomburra. [2]
Elphinstone Provisional School opened on 28 May 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Elphinstone State School. It closed temporarily in 1922, but soon re-opened. It closed permanently in 1963. [3] It was at 519 Dungannon Road ( 27°58′23″S 151°52′16″E / 27.97308°S 151.87121°E). [4] [5] [6]
In the 2016 census Elphinstone had a population of 64 people. [7]
In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]
Elphinstone Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°58′55″S 151°54′04″E / 27.9819°S 151.9011°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 60 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.28/km2 (5.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4361 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]
The locality's name was originally a railway station name, called after pioneer Darling Downs pastoralist Ernest George Beck Elphinstone Dalrymple related to Patrick Leslie of Canning Downs and Goomburra. [2]
Elphinstone Provisional School opened on 28 May 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Elphinstone State School. It closed temporarily in 1922, but soon re-opened. It closed permanently in 1963. [3] It was at 519 Dungannon Road ( 27°58′23″S 151°52′16″E / 27.97308°S 151.87121°E). [4] [5] [6]
In the 2016 census Elphinstone had a population of 64 people. [7]
In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]