| Cherry Gully Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Water sculpture, Cherry Gully, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
  Cherry Gully | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°25′01″S152°03′29″E / 28.4169°S 152.0580°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 18 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Cherry Gully is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people. [3]
The locality takes its name from a local gully name. There are a number of stories about the name of the gully. One story is that in mid-nineteenth century a cask of sherry fell from a wagon into the gully, with the word sherry being corrupted later to cherry. [2] In another story, carriers stopped at the gully and drank sherry from the cargo to excess and again the word sherry was corrupted to cherry. [4] The other story is that the gully has many wild cherry trees. [5]
Cherry Gully Provisional School opened in 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Cherry Gully State School. It closed circa 1916. [6] It was on Old Stanthorpe Road ( 28°26′03″S152°01′59″E / 28.43417°S 152.03293°E ), now within the neighbouring locality of Dalveen to the south-west. [7]
In the 2016 census, Cherry Gully had a population of 9 people. [8]
In the 2021 census, Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people. [3]
There are no schools in Cherry Gully. The nearest government primary school is Dalveen State School in neighbouring Dalveen to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick to the north. [9]
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