Glenarbon, Queensland

Glenarbon Queensland
St Paul's Lutheran Church, 2019
Glenarbon
Coordinates	28°35′52″S150°54′20″E / 28.5977°S 150.9055°E / -28.5977; 150.9055 (Glenarbon (centre of locality))
Population	33 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	0.1133/km2 (0.293/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4385
Area	291.3 km2 (112.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	25.8 km (16 mi) SW of Inglewood 56.3 km (35 mi) NW of Texas 57.3 km (36 mi) E of Goondiwindi 145 km (90 mi) WSW of Warwick 302 km (188 mi) WSW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Glenarbon: Whetstone Whetstone Inglewood Yelarbon Glenarbon Brush Creek Twin Rivers (NSW) Camp Creek (NSW) Beebo

Glenarbon is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. ^[2] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. ^[3] In the 2021 census, Glenarbon had a population of 33 people. ^[1]

Geography

The north-east and south-east of the locality is within the Yelarbon State Forest which extends into Beebo to the south-east and west and into Brush Creek to the east. ^[3]

History

Glenarbon Provision School opened on 17 March 1933, becoming Glenarbon State School in 1940. It closed 10 December 1982. ^{[4] [5]} The school was located just to the south of the Texas Yelarbon Road at 28°41′01″S150°53′28″E / 28.6835°S 150.8910°E / -28.6835; 150.8910 (Glenarbon State School (former)) within the present-day boundaries of Beebo. ^[6]

St Paul's Lutheran Church was established circa December 1959. ^{[7] [8]}

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Glenarbon had a population of 36 people. ^[9]

In the 2021 census, Glenarbon had a population of 33 people. ^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Glenarbon. The nearest government primary schools are Yelarbon State School in neighbouring Yelarbon to the west and Inglewood State School in Inglewood to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) and Texas State School (to Year 10) in Texas to the south-east. Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi to the west provides secondary schooling to Year 12, but may be too distant for a daily commute for students in Glenarbon; alternatives are distance education and boarding schools. ^[10]

Amenities

The former school site is now a recreational reserve operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council. ^[3]

St Paul's Lutheran Church is on Glenarbon Church Road at 28°40′42″S150°53′31″E / 28.6783°S 150.8919°E / -28.6783; 150.8919 (St Paul's Lutheran Church) , which is also now within Beebo. The church has a small cemetery. ^[3]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glenarbon (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Glenarbon – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47808)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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. "Agency ID 5247, Glenarbon State School". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
6. "Parish of Beebo" (Map). Queensland Government. 1929. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
7. "LUTHERAN CONVENTION OPENS AT KALBAR". Queensland Times . No. 19, 752. Queensland, Australia. 24 April 1950. p. 2 (DAILY). Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
8. "Glenarbon's 60th Anniversary of Church Building Service". Qld District. Lutheran Church of Australia. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glenarbon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
10. "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

Further reading

• Boddington, Ester; Donges, J.; Texas Historical Society (1995), The settlements of Glenarbon and Eldorado as I remember them c. 1932 & Short history of the border area of Queensland covered by the Glenarbon Beebo Branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association, Texas Historical Society

• Bayley, Jennifer (1987). Texas schools : the first one hundred years 1887-1987. Texas State School. — via State Library of Queensland, covers Texas State School and others schools: Beebo, Glenarbon, Glenlyon, Gunyan, Lagoon Flat, Limevale, Raleigh, Silverspur, and Smithfield.

External links

Media related to Glenarbon, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons