| Pechey Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Pechey State Forest, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
  Pechey | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°18′48″S152°03′04″E / 27.3133°S 152.0511°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 98 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.988/km2 (7.74/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4352 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 32.8 km2 (12.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Pechey is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, the locality of Pechey had a population of 98 people. [1]
The New England Highway passes through the centre of the town, and the Pechey-Maclagan Road exits to the west. Pechey State Forest occupies the entire south east corner of the area. [3]
The town was named after Edward Wilmot Pechey (Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Aubigny 1873-1877). He was also a surveyor and sawmill owner. [2]
Pechey Provisional School opened on 19 March 1889. On 1 January 1909, it became Pechey State School. It closed in 1959. [4]
St Faith's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 September 1911 by the Venerable Archdeacon Arthur Rivers. [5] [6] In February 1931, it was relocated to Virginia (now Pierces Creek), where it was re-dedicated on 1 March 1931 by Archdeacon Glover. [7] [8] [9]
Pechey Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1888) and closed in 1971. [10]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Pechey had a population of 105 people. [11]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Pechey had a population of 98 people. [1]
Pechey has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
There are no schools in Pechey. The nearest government primary school is Crow's Nest State School in neighbouring Crows Nest to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Crow's Nest State School (to Year 10) and Highfields State Secondary College (to Year 12) in Highfields to the south-west. [13]
Crows Nest is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Darling Downs on the New England Highway, 158 kilometres (98 mi) from the state capital, Brisbane and 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the nearby city of Toowoomba. In the 2021 census, the locality of Crows Nest had a population of 2,212 people.
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The Shire of Highfields is a former local government area on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949.
Edward Wilmot Pechey was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Queensland, Australia.
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The roads that join the towns of Dalby, Toowoomba and Cooyar form a triangle that encloses some of the most fertile land on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. These roads are the Warrego Highway, New England Highway and Dalby–Cooyar Road. Pechey–Maclagan Road forms a large part of a group of roads that bisect the triangle from east to west, and is also part of one of the groups of roads that bisect from south to north.
