Lake Clarendon, Queensland

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Lake Clarendon
Queensland
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Lake Clarendon
Coordinates 27°31′35″S152°19′57″E / 27.5263°S 152.3325°E / -27.5263; 152.3325 (Lake Clarendon (centre of locality))
Population294 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density11.62/km2 (30.10/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4343
Area25.3 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s) Lockyer
Federal division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Lake Clarendon:
Adare Spring Creek Morton Vale
Adare Lake Clarendon Glenore Grove
Gatton Lawes Crowley Vale
College View

Lake Clarendon is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Lake Clarendon had a population of 294 people. [1]

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Geography

The locality takes its name from the lake created by the Lake Clarendon Dam ( 27°30′31″S152°21′04″E / 27.5086°S 152.3511°E / -27.5086; 152.3511 (Lake Clarendon) ). [3] [4] Lockyer Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality. [5]

History

The new Methodist Church, 1928 The new Lake Clarendon Methodist Church, May 1928.jpg
The new Methodist Church, 1928

Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903 it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of (present day) Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek. [6]

Lake Clarendon State School opened on 9 June 1902. [7]

St Edmund's Anglican Church was dedicated on 16 April 1910 by Archdeacon Henry Le Fanu. [8] It closed circa 1960. [9]

On 9 March 1914, the Lake Clarendon Lower State School opened but was renamed a few months later to be Morton Vale State School; it closed in 1981. [7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census Lake Clarendon had a population of 288 people. [10]

In the 2021 census, Lake Clarendon had a population of 294 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Lake Clarendon has the following heritage sites:

Education

Lake Clarendon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 35 Lake Clarendon Road ( 27°31′18″S152°21′30″E / 27.5216°S 152.3582°E / -27.5216; 152.3582 (Lake Clarendon State School) ). [12] [13] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 146 students with 13 teachers (11 equivalent full-time) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 equivalent full-time). [14] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 163 students with 15 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). [15] It includes a special education program. [12]

There is no secondary school in Lake Clarendon. The nearest secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in neighbouring Gatton to the south-west. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lake Clarendon (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Lake Clarendon – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44969)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lake Clarendon – reservoir in Lockyer Valley Regional (entry 7294)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lake Clarendon Dam". SEQ Water . Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  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. 1 2 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ↑ "Our Lake Clarendon Letter". Queensland Times . Vol. LI, no. 7792. Queensland, Australia. 20 April 1910. p. 8 (DAILY). Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lake Clarendon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ "Lake Clarendon State School (entry 602857)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  12. 1 2 "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lake Clarendon State School". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "2016 School Annual Report" (PDF). Lake Clarendon State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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