Crawford, Queensland

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Crawford
Queensland
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State school at Crawford, 2008
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Crawford
Coordinates 26°29′55″S151°48′39″E / 26.4986°S 151.8108°E / -26.4986; 151.8108 (Crawford (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 26°29′55″S151°48′39″E / 26.4986°S 151.8108°E / -26.4986; 151.8108 (Crawford (centre of locality))
Population182 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 4610
Area22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) South Burnett Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Crawford:
Memerambi Memerambi Memerambi
Gordonbrook Crawford Kingaroy
Kingaroy Kingaroy Kingaroy

Crawford is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [2]

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History

The locality takes its name from the Crawford railway station named by Queensland Railways Department in 1904, named after engineer Hugh Ralston Crawford who supervised the construction of the Wondai-Kingaroy railway. [2] [3]

Logboy Provisional School opened on 22 April 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Logboy State School. In 1911, it was renamed Crawford State School. [4]

Crawford Methodist Church was built in 1915. It could seat 100 people and was built at a cost of £300. It is no longer extant. [5]

In the 2016 census, Crawford had a population of 142 people. [6]

Education

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Crawford State School, 2022

Crawford State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 215-227 Siefert Street ( 26°29′51″S151°49′21″E / 26.4975°S 151.8225°E / -26.4975; 151.8225 (Crawford State School) ). [7] [8] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 36 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [9]

There are no secondary schools in Crawford. The nearest government secondary school is Kingaroy State High School in neighbouring Kingaroy to the south-east. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Crawford (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Crawford – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46211)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Crawford – railway station in South Burnett Region (entry 8703)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ Blake, Thom. "Crawford Methodist Church". Queensland religious places database. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crawford (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  7. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Crawford State School". Crawford State School. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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