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Location | Montgomery Road, Lockyer, Queensland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°30′27″S152°05′01″E / 27.50750°S 152.08361°E Coordinates: 27°30′27″S152°05′01″E / 27.50750°S 152.08361°E | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||
Connections | no connections | ||||||||||
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Lockyer railway station is a closed railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia. [1] It served the locality of Lockyer in the Lockyer Valley Region.
The station building has been relocated to Murphy Creek Grounds in Murphys Creek.
The Lockyer Valley is an area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba. The Lockyer Valley is rated among the top ten most fertile farming areas in the world, and the intensively cultivated area grows the most diverse range of commercial fruit and vegetables of any area in Australia. The valley is referred to as "Australia's Salad Bowl" to describe the area as one of Australia's premium food bowls.
The Lockyer Creek is a creek located in South East Queensland, Australia. A tributary of the Brisbane River, the creek is a major drainage system in the Lockyer Valley. Rising on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the creek flows generally north-easterly for more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) before it reaches its confluence with the Brisbane River north-northeast of Lowood, and downstream from the Wivenhoe Dam. The creek is named after Edmund Lockyer.
Helidon is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Helidon had a population of 1,059 people.
Clarendon is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Clarendon had a population of 244 people.
Murphys Creek is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Murphys Creek had a population of 629 people.
The Little Liverpool Range is a mountain range of the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Creek valley, part of the Great Dividing Range, which is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia.
Forest Hill is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Forest Hill had a population of 968 people.
Ballard is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Ballard had a population of 151 people.
Spring Bluff is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Spring Bluff had a population of 6 people.
The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gauge main line constructed in the world. The section of the line from the end of Murphys Creek railway station to the Ruthven Street overbridge, Harlaxton is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The Murphys Creek Railway Complex, the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Lockyer), the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge and Swansons Rail Bridge are also heritage listed.
Flagstone Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Flagstone Creek had a population of 220 people.
Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge on the Toowoomba–Helidon line over Lockyer Creek at Murphys Creek, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Pagan and built from c. 1910 to 1911. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Lockyer) is a heritage-listed railway bridge on the Toowoomba - Helidon railway line over Lockyer Creek at Lockyer, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Pagan and built from 1909 to 1910. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge on the Brisbane Valley railway line over Lockyer Creek at Clarendon, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Henry Charles Stanley and built from 1885 to 1886 by H A Brigg. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Lawes railway station is a closed railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia. It served the locality of Lawes in the Lockyer Valley Region.
Grantham railway station was a railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia. It served the town of Grantham in the Lockyer Valley Region.
William Pagan (1849–1924) was a railway engineer in Queensland, Australia. He designed many railway bridges, some of which are now heritage-listed.
Lockyer is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Lockyer had a population of 95 people.
Upper Lockyer is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Upper Lockyer had a population of 538 people.
Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge may refer to one of three bridges crossing Lockyer Creek in Queensland, Australia:
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