Baking Board, Queensland

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Baking Board
Queensland
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Baking Board
Coordinates 26°41′54″S150°33′52″E / 26.6983°S 150.5644°E / -26.6983; 150.5644 (Baking Board (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 26°41′54″S150°33′52″E / 26.6983°S 150.5644°E / -26.6983; 150.5644 (Baking Board (centre of locality))
Population97 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density1.064/km2 (2.755/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4413
Area91.2 km2 (35.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Western Downs Region
State electorate(s) Callide
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Baking Board:
Cameby Blackswamp Red Hill
Rywung Baking Board Chinchilla
Greenswamp Chinchilla Chinchilla

Baking Board is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Baking Board had a population of 97 people. [1]

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History

The locality's name comes from Bakingboard Creek, reportedly so named because a piece of bark was found there and used as a damper mixing board. [2]

Baking Board State School opened on 15 May 1909. It closed for a short period in 1930 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently on 1 August 1961. [3] It was located near the Warrego Highway (approx 26°42′30″S150°32′38″E / 26.7082°S 150.5440°E / -26.7082; 150.5440 (Baking Board State School (former)) ). [4] [5] [6]

In 1914 a Methodist church was opened in Baking Board. [7]

In the 2016 census Baking Board had a population of 97 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Baking Board (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Baking Board – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47661)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m83" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "METHODIST SYNODS". The Brisbane Courier . No. 17, 721. Queensland, Australia. 31 October 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 10 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.

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