College View, Queensland

College View is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census College View had a population of 84 people.[1]

College View
Queensland
College View
Coordinates27.5541°S 152.3552°E / -27.5541; 152.3552 (College View (centre of locality))
Population84 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density14.74/km2 (38.2/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4343
Area5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around College View:
Lawes Lake Clarendon Crowley Vale
Lawes College View Crowley Vale
Lawes Forest Hill Forest Hill

History

The locality takes its name from the former Queensland Agricultural College (now the University of Queensland Gatton Campus) in neighbouring Lawes.

On 28 August 1900, a public meeting was held to obtain a school in the district as there was an estimated 30 children who would attend. The Queensland Agricultural College offered 1 acre (0.40 ha) of its land (although this was subsequently increased as the Queensland Government thought more land was required for a school).[3] College View Provisional School opened on 26 August 1901 with Miss Lewis as headteacher.[4] On 1 January 1909 it became College View State School. The school closed in 1958.[5]

In the 2016 census College View had a population of 84 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "College View (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "College View – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 50248)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "COUNTRY NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XLI (6153). Queensland, Australia. 2 February 1901. p. 9. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "COLLEGE VIEW LETTER". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XLII (6331). Queensland, Australia. 27 August 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  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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