Cawdor, Queensland

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Cawdor
Queensland
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Cawdor
Coordinates 27°28′08″S151°54′53″E / 27.4688°S 151.9147°E / -27.4688; 151.9147 (Cawdor (centre of locality))
Population420 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density51.2/km2 (132.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4352
Area8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Cawdor:
Meringandan West Meringandan West Woolmer
Glencoe Cawdor Highfields
Gowrie Junction Birnam Highfields

Cawdor is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Cawdor had a population of 420 people. [1]

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History

The locality takes its name from the former Cawdor railway station, named by the Queensland Railway Department to be named after a character from William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth. [2] [3]

Cawdor Provisional School opened in October 1893. [4] It had become Cawdor State School by 1897. [5] It closed in 1951. [6] It was on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) land parcel at 149 Cawdor Drive ( 27°28′11″S151°55′09″E / 27.4696°S 151.9191°E / -27.4696; 151.9191 (Cawdor State School (former)) ). [7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cawdor had a population of 356 people. [8]

In the 2021 census, Cawdor had a population of 420 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cawdor (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Cawdor – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47908)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "SKETCHER". The Queenslander . No. 2454. Queensland, Australia. 28 March 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 26 December 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Advertising". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser . No. 4892. Queensland, Australia. 17 October 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "OUR A. & H. Society". Darling Downs Gazette . Vol. XXXIX, no. 9, 156. Queensland, Australia. 22 March 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Queensland school openings, closures and name changes (Legacy listing)" (Microsoft Excel .xlsx). Queensland Department of Education . Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Parish of Toowoomba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cawdor (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg


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