| Borallon Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Paddocks along Hills Road, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
  Borallon | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°30′09″S152°42′04″E / 27.5025°S 152.7011°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 90 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (16.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4306 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dickson | ||||||||||||||
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Borallon is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Borallon had a population of 90 people. [1]
The locality is bounded to the north-west and west by the Brisbane River, which then flows through the locality, and then bounds the locality to the south-east and east, putting the locality on both sides of the Brisbane River. [3] Burtons Bridge on E Summervilles Road is one of the crossing points for the river ( 27°29′59″S152°41′23″E / 27.49960°S 152.68969°E ). [4] [5] [6]
The locality takes its name from a railway station, which was in turned named by Queensland Railway Commissioner Francis Curnow after his birthplace near St Ives in Cornwall, England. [2]
Borallon Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1974. [7]
In the 2016 census, Borallon had a population of 81 people. [8]
In the 2021 census, Borallon had a population of 90 people. [1]
There are no schools in Borallon. The nearest government primary school is Glamorgan Vale State School in Glamorgan Vale to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Ipswich State High School in Brassall, Ipswich, to the south-east. [9]
Despite the name, the Borallon Correctional Centre is not in Borallon but in Ironbark, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. [10]
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