Alsace, Queensland

Alsace is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Alsace had a population of 3 people.[1]

Alsace
Queensland
Alsace
Coordinates23.2891°S 149.2747°E / -23.2891; 149.2747
Population3 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.0086/km2 (0.022/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4702
Area350.7 km2 (135.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Central Highlands Region
State electorate(s)Gregory
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Alsace:
Bingegang Mackenzie Mackenzie
Jellinbah Alsace Mackenzie
Jellinbah Dingo Dingo

Geography

The land is at an elevation of approximately 150 metres (490 ft) and is principally used for grazing. A number of creek flow through the locality towards its south-east where in neighbouring Dingo, they become tributaries of Lorraine Creek, which flows into the Mackenzie River and then the Fitzroy River, which enters the Coral Sea to the south of Rockhampton.[3]

The Fitzroy Developmental Road forms the western boundary of the locality which has no internal roads.[3]

History

The locality is named after a pastoral property on the Leichhardt River. In the early 1870s, F.A. Brodie named two adjoining properties Alsace and Lorraine after the two regions Alsace and Lorraine in France that were lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.[4]

Alsace State School opened on 9 Aug 1977 and closed on 11 December 1987.[5]

Education

There are no schools in Alsace. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Dingo to the south, approximately 70 kilometres away. The nearest secondary schools are in Blackwater and Middlemount, even further away.[3] Distance education is another option available for children in the local area.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alsace (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Alsace – locality in Central Highlands Region (entry 46908)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. "NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND.—8 - (Compiled from records in the Oxley Memorial Library.) - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) - 8 Oct 1935". Trove. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. 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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