Harlin

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Harlin
Queensland
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Harlin Hotel
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Harlin
Coordinates 26°58′23″S152°21′24″E / 26.9730°S 152.3566°E / -26.9730; 152.3566 (Harlin (town centre))
Population211 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.8252/km2 (2.137/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4314
Area255.7 km2 (98.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Somerset Region
County Cavendish
Parish Colinton
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal division(s) Blair
Localities around Harlin:
Moore Sheep Station Creek Woolmar
Colinton Harlin Gregors Creek
Yimbun
Anduramba Eskdale Ivory Creek

Harlin is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people. [1]

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Geography

Harlin is a small town in South East Queensland. The town is on the Brisbane Valley Highway and the Brisbane River, 125 kilometres (78 mi) north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. [4]

History

The town was named after Charlotte (née Harlin), wife of John Dunn Moore of the Colinton pastoral property. Their son William John Harlin Moore was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. [2]

Harlin Post Office opened by September 1907 (a receiving office had been open from 1905) and closed in 1989. [5]

Harlin Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Harlin State School. [6] [7]

The town was marooned during the 2011 floods. Over 40 travellers were stranded by the dangerous and rising flood waters of the Brisbane River and the Ivory and Maronghi Creeks. They were housed by the publicans and owners of the Harlin Hotel and the Caltex service station from 9 January 2011, until the flooded creeks and rivers subsided. [8]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Harlin and the surrounding areas had a population of 534 people. [9]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Harlin had a population of 173 people. [10]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Harlin Rail Bridge Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Harlin Rail Bridge 2011.JPG
Harlin Rail Bridge

Harlin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

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Harlin State School, 2020

Harlin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 8521 Brisbane Valley Highway ( 26°58′26″S152°21′27″E / 26.9740°S 152.3574°E / -26.9740; 152.3574 (Harlin State School) ). [13] [14] [15] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 65 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [17]

There are no secondary schools in Harlin. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the east and Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south. However, students living in the west of Harlin are too distant to attend these secondary schools; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Harlin (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Harlin – town in Somerset Region (entry 15402)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Harlin – locality in Somerset Region (entry 50296)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Brisbane to Harlin" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Out of sight, out of mind: an evaluation of the effects of flooding in the upper reaches of the Brisbane River, 2011" (PDF). Brisbane Valley Rail Trails Inc. April 2011. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Harlin (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 May 2015. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Harlin (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ "Harlin Rail Bridge (entry 602636)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Yimbun Railway Tunnel (entry 602637)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Harlin State School". Harlin State School. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Harlin State School". Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  18. ↑ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

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