Whetstone, Queensland

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Whetstone
Queensland
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Whetstone
Coordinates 28°25′16″S150°50′55″E / 28.42111°S 150.84861°E / -28.42111; 150.84861 Coordinates: 28°25′16″S150°50′55″E / 28.42111°S 150.84861°E / -28.42111; 150.84861
Established1877
LGA(s) Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal Division(s) Maranoa

Whetstone is a locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. [1]

History

Whetstone was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; 59 square miles (150 km2) were available. [2]

Whetstone Provisional School opened on 19 July 1904 and became Whetstone State School on 1 January 1909. In 1910 it was renamed Inglewood West State School. It suffered from low student numbers and consequently closed and re-opened a number of times, closing finally in 1928. [3]

Whetstone Provisional School opened 9 July 1917. In 1926 it became Whetstone State School. It closed on 4 June 1958. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Whetstone - locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47837)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier . Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020– via Trove.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "Agency ID5920, Whetstone State School". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 18 November 2019.


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