Elphinstone, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)

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Elphinstone
Queensland
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Elphinstone
Coordinates 27°58′55″S151°54′04″E / 27.9819°S 151.9011°E / -27.9819; 151.9011 (Elphinstone (centre of locality))
Population60 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density2.28/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4361
Area26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Condamine
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Elphinstone:
Clifton Clifton Spring Creek
Sandy Camp Elphinstone Allora
Talgai Talgai Allora

Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]

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History

The locality's name was originally a railway station name, called after pioneer Darling Downs pastoralist Ernest George Beck Elphinstone Dalrymple related to Patrick Leslie of Canning Downs and Goomburra. [2]

Elphinstone Provisional School opened on 28 May 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Elphinstone State School. It closed temporarily in 1922, but soon re-opened. It closed permanently in 1963. [3] It was at 519 Dungannon Road ( 27°58′23″S151°52′16″E / 27.97308°S 151.87121°E / -27.97308; 151.87121 (Elphinstone State School (former)) ). [4] [5] [6]

Demographics

In the 2016 census Elphinstone had a population of 64 people. [7]

In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Elphinstone (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Elphinstone – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47937)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Parish of Elphinstone" (Map). Queensland Government. 1935. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m41" (Map). Queensland Government. 1962. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elphinstone (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg