Middle Ridge Toowoomba, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°36′28″S151°58′08″E / 27.6077°S 151.9688°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 7,595 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4350 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 420–670 m (1,378–2,198 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Toowoomba South | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Middle Ridge is a residential locality of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Middle Ridge had a population of 7,595 people. [3]
Middle Ridge is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from the Toowoomba city centre.
The Great Dividing Range passes through Middle Ridge from the north-west to the south-east. The area west of the range is on the Darling Downs at 660 to 670 metres (2,170 to 2,200 ft) above sea level and is a residential area. The area east of the range falls rapidly to as low as 420 metres (1,380 ft) above sea level. [4]
Middle Ridge was named in the 1860s, as the area between East and West Creeks where the teamsters who camped at Toowoomba turned their teams loose to graze. [2]
The Shire of Middle Ridge, a local government area, existed from 1880 to 1917. [5] [6] The shire's centre was at the intersection of Stenner and Hume Streets ( 27°35′36″S151°57′08″E / 27.5934°S 151.9521°E ) now the north-western corner of the locality of Middle Ridge where there was the shire hall, the school and a church. [7]
Middle Ridge State School opened on 27 May 1884. [8]
Between 1958 and 1961 three motor racing events took place at Middle Ridge, to coincide with the Carnival of Flowers in September. [9] A rectangular circuit using Stenner Street-Mackenzie Street-Alderley Street-Rowbotham Street was run in an anti-clockwise direction. [10] There have been several reasons given why racing stopped after 1961 - local farmers claimed that the races stopped their chickens laying eggs; the carnival organisers believed that loud racing engines were incompatible with flowers; or that the races were pulling spectators away from other Carnival events. [9]
In the 2016 census, Middle Ridge had a population of 7,141 people. [11]
In the 2021 census, Middle Ridge had a population of 7,595 people. [3]
Middle Ridge State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 203 Spring Street ( 27°36′06″S151°57′23″E / 27.6017°S 151.9564°E ). [12] [13] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 827 students with 65 teachers (53 full-time equivalent) and 33 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). [14] It includes a special education program. [12]
One School Global (formerly the Agnew Schoo) has a campus at 40 Gerrard Street. Middle Ridge ( 27°35′55″S151°57′22″E / 27.5987°S 151.9562°E ). It is a combined primary secondary school operated by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. [15] [16]
There are no government secondary schools in Middle Ridge. The nearest government secondary school is Centenary Heights State High School in neighbouring Centenary Heights to the north. [4]
Middle Ridge is home to the heritage-listed Gabbinbar homestead 344-376 Ramsay Street ( 27°36′41″S151°57′35″E / 27.6115°S 151.9597°E ). [17]
The Toowoomba Golf Club is at 245 Rowbotham Street ( 27°36′08″S151°58′36″E / 27.6022°S 151.9767°E ). [18] It has an 18-hole golf course. [19]
Other sporting facilities at Middle Ridge include: the Echo Valley Motor Sport Complex (home to the Toowoomba Auto Club and Toowoomba Motocross Club) and the Valleys rugby league club. [20]
The Middle Ridge branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 95 Preston-Boundary Road, Preston. [21]
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