The Falls, Queensland

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The Falls
Queensland
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The Falls
Coordinates 28°19′02″S152°23′41″E / 28.3172°S 152.3947°E / -28.3172; 152.3947 Coordinates: 28°19′02″S152°23′41″E / 28.3172°S 152.3947°E / -28.3172; 152.3947
Postcode(s) 4373
Area63.3 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal Division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around The Falls:
Mount Colliery Mount Colliery The Head
Killarney The Falls Koreelah (NSW)
Legume (NSW) Legume (NSW) Koreelah (NSW)

The Falls is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [1]

History

The location presumably takes its name from the Queen Mary Falls on Spring Creek within the locality. [2]

Ferndale Provisional School opened on 9 November 1948. In 1953 it became The Falls State School in 1953. The school closed on 26 August 1974. [3] The school was located at 902 Spring Creek Road ( 28°19′53″S152°23′19″E / 28.3315°S 152.3885°E / -28.3315; 152.3885 (The Falls State School (former)) ). [4] [5]

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References

  1. "The Falls - locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45988)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Queen Mary Falls - waterfall in the Southern Downs Region (entry 27792)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Parish of Killarney map, sheet 2". Queensland Government . 1974. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 18 November 2019.