Silverwood, Queensland

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Silverwood
Queensland
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Silverwood
Coordinates 28°21′03″S152°00′26″E / 28.3508°S 152.0072°E / -28.3508; 152.0072 Coordinates: 28°21′03″S152°00′26″E / 28.3508°S 152.0072°E / -28.3508; 152.0072
Population38 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.494/km2 (1.280/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4370
Area76.9 km2 (29.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal Division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Silverwood:
Rosenthal Heights Rosenthal Heights Morgan Park
The Glen Silverwood Wildash
Dalveen Dalveen Cherry Gully

Silverwood is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Silverwood had a population of 38 people. [1]

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History

A railway camp was established to build the Big Tunnel (now known as the Cherry Gully Tunnel) on the Southern railway line. [3]

Big Tunnel Camp School opened on 4 August 1879 as a private school for children of railway workers before a teacher was supplied by the Department of Public Instruction in 1879. Approximately 60 children attended the school. [3] It closed in 1880. [4]

Heritage listings

Silverwood has a number of heritage sites, including:

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silverwood (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Silverwood - locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45974)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "BIG TUNNEL CAMP, STANTHORPE RAILWAY LINE". The Queenslander . XVII (233). Queensland, Australia. 31 January 1880. p. 134. Retrieved 25 November 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ "Cherry Gully Tunnel (entry 601517)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2013.


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