Bartle Frere, Queensland

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Bartle Frere
Queensland
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View across the canefields of Bartle Frere with Mount Bartle Frere in the distance, 2014
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Bartle Frere
Coordinates 17°26′23″S145°53′06″E / 17.4397°S 145.885°E / -17.4397; 145.885 (Bartle Frere (centre of locality))
Population169 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 4861
Area16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Cairns Region
State electorate(s) Hill
Federal division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Bartle Frere:
Wooroonooran Wooroonooran Mirriwinni
Wooroonooran Bartle Frere Eubenangee
Woopen Creek Woopen Creek Woopen Creek

Bartle Frere is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 169 people. [3]

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Geography

Russell River, boundary between Woopen Creek (foreground) and Bartle Frere (background), 2018 Russell River, boundary between Woopen Creek (foreground) and Bartle Frere (background), 2018 02.jpg
Russell River, boundary between Woopen Creek (foreground) and Bartle Frere (background), 2018

The locality of Bartle Frere lies to the south of Mount Bartle Frere. The locality is flat low-lying land (10–20 metres above sea level) and is freehold land used for farming, predominantly the growing of sugarcane. The Russell River forms the boundary to the locality to the south and east. [4]

The Bruce Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel and adjacent to the north (just outside the boundary of the locality in neighbouring Eubenangee). [4]

History

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Sir Henry Bartle Frere

The locality takes its name from Mount Bartle Frere, which in turn was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 30 September 1873. [2]

Bartle Frere State School opened on 30 January 1922. [5]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 361 people. [6]

In the 2016 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 137 people. [7]

In the 2021 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 169 people. [3]

Education

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Bartle Frere State School

Bartle Frere State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 29 Price Road ( 17°26′41″S145°53′07″E / 17.4446°S 145.8852°E / -17.4446; 145.8852 (Bartle Frere State School) ). [8] [9] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [10] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 11 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [11]

There are no secondary schools in Bartle Frere. The nearest government school offering secondary education to Year 12 is Babinda State School in Babinda to the north-east. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bartle Frere (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Bartle Frere – locality (entry 48515)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bartle Frere (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bartle Frere". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 March 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bartle Frere (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  8. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bartle Frere State School". Bartle Frere State School. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Bartle Frere State School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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