Fulham, Queensland

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Fulham
Queensland
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Fulham
Coordinates 27°02′24″S152°28′34″E / 27.0399°S 152.4761°E / -27.0399; 152.4761 Coordinates: 27°02′24″S152°28′34″E / 27.0399°S 152.4761°E / -27.0399; 152.4761
Postcode(s) 4313
Area54.2 km2 (20.9 sq mi)
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Fulham:
Scrub Creek Gregors Creek Hazeldean
Scrub Creek Fulham Hazeldean
Cressbrook Lower Cressbrook Cooeeimbardi

Fulham is a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [1]

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Geography

The Deer Reserve State Forest ( 27°00′02″S152°29′41″E / 27.0006°S 152.4947°E / -27.0006; 152.4947 (Deer Reserve State Forest) ) is in the north of the locality. The state forest is 2,894 hectares (7,150 acres) and extends into the neighbouring localities of Gregors Creek to the north and Hazeldean to the north-east. [2]

The Deer Reserve National Park ( 27°04′52″S152°31′34″E / 27.0811°S 152.526°E / -27.0811; 152.526 (Deer Reserve National Park (centre point)) ) is in the east of the locality. [3] The national park is 3,228 hectares (7,980 acres) and extends into the neighbouring localities of Hazeldean to the east, Cooeeimbardi to the south-east and Somerset Dam (the locality) further to the south-east. [3] [4]

History

Fulham State School opened in 1920 and closed circa 1953. [5] It was located at 372 Cressbrook Cabonah Road (southern corner with Fulham Road, 27°04′38″S152°25′15″E / 27.0771°S 152.4209°E / -27.0771; 152.4209 (Fulham State School) , now in Cressbrook). [6]

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References

  1. "Fulham - locality in Somerset Region (entry 46156)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. "Deer Reserve National Park - National park in the Somerset Region (entry 44059)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "Cressbrook" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Retrieved 22 September 2020.