Silver Spur, Queensland

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Silver Spur
Queensland
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Silver Spur
Coordinates 28°51′49″S151°16′28″E / 28.8636°S 151.2744°E / -28.8636; 151.2744 Coordinates: 28°51′49″S151°16′28″E / 28.8636°S 151.2744°E / -28.8636; 151.2744
Population72 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.1946/km2 (0.504/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4385
Area370.0 km2 (142.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Localities around Silver Spur:
Limevale Greenup Warroo
Texas Silver Spur Glenlyon
Bonshaw (NSW) Bonshaw Glenlyon

Silver Spur (also written as Silverspur) is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. [4] In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people. [1]

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History

Silverspur Provisional School opened on 27 May 1895. On 1 November 1912 it became Silverspur State School. It closed on 1960. [5] It was on the Stanthorpe – Texas Road on the corner of Hilton Street ( 28°51′46″S151°16′33″E / 28.8629°S 151.2757°E / -28.8629; 151.2757 (Silverspur State School) ). [6]

St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church was dedicated on 19 August 1932 by the Archbishop of Brisbane Gerald Sharp. It was on the Stanthorpe Texas Road. [7] [8] It closed circa 1966. [9]

In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people. [1]

Facilities

There is a cemetery at the end of Spooners Road off Waverley Lane ( 28°50′56″S151°14′54″E / 28.8489°S 151.2484°E / -28.8489; 151.2484 (Silver Spur cemetery) ) operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silver Spur (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Silver Spur – town in Goondiwindi Region (entry 30841)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Silver Spur – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Town of Silver Spur" (Map). Queensland Government. 1925. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "SILVERSPUR". The Brisbane Courier (23, 272). Queensland, Australia. 31 August 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 30 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Letters from Little Readers". The Queenslander . Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1932. p. 41. Retrieved 30 August 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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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