| Stalworth Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Stalworth | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°06′39″S151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E Coordinates: 26°06′39″S151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 33 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.653/km2 (1.692/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4613 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 50.5 km2 (19.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Stalworth is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Stalworth had a population of 33 people. [1]
The locality was officially named and bounded by government on 16 October 1998, [2] although the locality name has been used since the earliest days of settlement.
A hall was built at Stalworth which hosted dances and social events for many years. It opened on Saturday 21 September 1929 [3] and was later extended with significant alternations and improvements which were opened on Saturday 3 March 1934. [4] [5] Church services and activities were also held in the hall regularly. [6] [7] A Stalworth branch society within the Christian Endeavour movement met in the hall and they hosted the Weinholt Christian Endeavour Union rally there in 1937. [8]
Other social activities in the district included the formation of a Stalworth local soccer team. [9]
There was also a cheese factory at Stalworth for a short time. Newspaper articles from 1925 report that it was destroyed by fire on 30 December 1924 along with the adjoining residence, [10] and the circumstances were regarded as suspicious with the possibility of insurance fraud. [11] It was insured for £1100 [11] and was owned at the time by E.V.Hobbs who did not reside there but engaged a caretaker. [12] The caretaker was James Wardill. [13] A local farmer giving evidence at the subsequent inquiry held in Wondai Court House [13] testified that the factory had by then been in disuse for many years, [14] however the owner testified that his son-in-law had operated the cheese plant for a short time between approximately 1919 and 1922 generating turnover to the value of £6000. [12] An advertisement was placed in the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser newspaper on 6 June 1917 calling for tenders to construct the Stalworth cheese factory by its proprietor E.T.Howes of Memerambi. [15]
One of the first settlers in the district was Sydney Shaw, who subsequently became the first teacher at nearby Abbeywood State School. [16]
Communication services were established relatively early. Telephone was first made available at Stalworth on 25 March 1926. [17] Further, the district is mentioned in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23 June 1932 when the Postmaster General was calling for tenders for mail delivery in the area - "Proston and Proston, via Block 10, Stalworth Post Office, Slingers and Jingeri letter-box, twice a week. Tenderers to state additional price required for three trips a week." [18]
There are no schools in Stalworth but primary and secondary schooling (to Year 10) are available in neighbouring Proston. The nearest secondary school to Year 12 is at Murgon. [19]
Children living in the area attended primary school at Abbeywood State School while it operated between the years 1914 and 1969.
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