Pozieres, Queensland

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Pozieres
Queensland
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Pozieres
Coordinates 28°31′39″S151°51′57″E / 28.5275°S 151.8658°E / -28.5275; 151.8658 (Pozieres (centre of locality))
Population145 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density3.085/km2 (7.99/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4352
Area47.0 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Pozieres:
Dalveen Dalveen Fleurbaix
Passchendaele Pozieres Thulimbah
Bapaume Cannon Creek The Summit

Pozieres is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Pozieres had a population of 145 people. [1]

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Geography

Pozieres railway station is an abandoned railway station ( 28°31′43″S151°53′08″E / 28.5286°S 151.8856°E / -28.5286; 151.8856 (Pozieres railway siding point) ) on the now-closed Amiens branch railway of the Southern railway line. [3]

History

Following World War I, Pozieres was one of the Pikedale soldier settlements established in the Granite Belt area of the Darling Downs. [4] As part of this initiative, the Amiens branch railway was constructed west of Cottonvale. The line was not built to convey passengers but rather to transport fruit from the soldiers' orchards to markets in Brisbane and Sydney. The line was opened on 7 June 1920 and it closed on 28 February 1974. [5] [6]

The name Pozieres comes from the Pozieres railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, which in turn was suggested by surveyor George Grant and the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia, commemorating the famous World War I Battle of Pozières. [2] The grave accent in Pozières is omitted as Queensland Government policy on place naming restricts names to the "standard alphabet". [7]

A postal receiving office was opened at Pozieres on 1 May 1921, upgraded to a post office about March 1924. [8]

Pozieres State School opened on 16 June 1921. [9] [10]

In November 1921 an Anglican minister, Reverend Alan Thompson, was appointed to the soldier settlement towns but at June 1922, the parishioners were lobbying for a church as services were being held in private homes. [11]

Pozieres Anglican Church Centre opened circa 1929. It is now closed. [12]

In the 2016 census Pozieres had a population of 145 people. [1]

Education

Pozieres State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 45-47 Pozieres School Road ( 28°31′29″S151°53′05″E / 28.5248°S 151.8847°E / -28.5248; 151.8847 (Pozieres State School) ). [13] [14] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 7 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent). [15] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent). [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pozieres (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Pozieres – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45968)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Randall, Brian (3 November 2014). "Pikedale soldier settlements". State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Southern Downs Steam Railway (2008). "Historical information: (Warwick) - Cottonvale - Amiens". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  6. ↑ QR Limited. "QR History - Royal goes by train". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  7. ↑ "How places are named: Naming principles". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  10. ↑ "History". Pozieres State School. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "THE PAGAN CHALLENGE". The Brisbane Courier . No. 20, 093. Queensland, Australia. 15 June 1922. p. 5. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Pozieres State School". Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Pozieres State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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