Westgrove, Queensland

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Westgrove
Queensland
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Westgrove
Coordinates 25°26′12″S148°26′56″E / 25.4366°S 148.4488°E / -25.4366; 148.4488 (Westgrove (centre of locality))
Population4 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 4454
Area453.3 km2 (175.0 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Maranoa Region
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Westgrove:
Mount Howe Carnarvon Park Upper Dawson
Mount Howe Westgrove Upper Dawson
Womblebank Hutton Creek Baffle West

Westgrove is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Westgrove had a population of 4 people. [3]

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Geography

The Great Dividing Range bounds the locality to the west. [4]

Sardine Creek rises in the north of the locality and flows south and then east, exiting the locality to Upper Dawson where it becomes a tributary of the Dawson River. [4]

Most of the southern part of the locality is within the Forrest State Forest. Apart from this protected area, the surface land use is grazing on native vegetation. [5]

There are gas fields belong the surface and gas is actively being extracted from within the locality. [6] [7]

History

The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run in the district which appears on the 1870s Gregory's Map of Queensland. [2]

Yellowbank Junction State School opened on 29 January 1991 and closed on 14 December 2001. [8] [9] It was probably associated with the development of the Yellowbank Gas Plant. [6] [10]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Westgrove had a population of 3 people. [11]

In the 2021 census, Westgrove had a population of 4 people. [3]

Education

There are no schools in Westgrove. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Injune State School (to Year 10) in Injune to the south. There are no nearby schools offering education to Year 12; the options are distance education and boarding school. [12]

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References

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  8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
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  10. "Denison Gas". Denison Gas (Map). Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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