Clintonvale, Queensland

Clintonvale
Queensland
Clintonvale; Queensland
	Sunset and moonrise over Main Range National Park seen from Clintonvale, Queensland, 2021
	Clintonvale
Coordinates	28.0958°S 152.1197°E
Population	74 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	2.202/km2 (5.70/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4370
Area	33.6 km2 (13.0 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	17.3 km (11 mi) SE of Allora ; 18 km (11 mi) NE of Warwick ; 77.7 km (48 mi) S of Toowoomba ; 141 km (88 mi) SW of Brisbane ;
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
	Suburbs around Clintonvale:

Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people.[1]

Geography

The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east (Gladfield) to south-west (Glengallan).[3]

Mount Stewart rises to 766 metres (2,513 ft) in the north of the locality (28.0627°S 152.1161°E / -28.0627; 152.1161 (Mount Stewart)).[4][5]

History

The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s.[2][6]

Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001.[7][8] It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road (28.0956°S 152.1309°E / -28.0956; 152.1309 (Clintonvale State School (former))).[9][10][3] As at April 2021, the school building is still extant.[11] The school's website was archived.[12]

The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911,[13] with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonvale railway station (28.0959°S 152.1291°E / -28.0959; 152.1291).[10] Originally intended as a segment of a more direct (via recta) railway route from Brisbane to Sydney, the segment from Mount Edwards to Maryvale was never completed and the line remained a local branch line until it closed on 1 November 1960.[14][15]

In the 2016 census, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Clintonvale. The nearest government primary school in Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Allora P-10 School (to Year 10) in Allora to the north-west and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the south-west.[3]

Amenities

Lysaught Park is on the corner of the Cunningham Highway and Clintonvale School Road (28.0951°S 152.1308°E / -28.0951; 152.1308 (Lysaught Park)).[16]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Clintonvale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Clintonvale – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45915)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
"Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
"Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
"Mount Stewart – mountain in Southern Downs Region (entry 32374)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
"Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park (entry 601732)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
"Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
"9341-41 Maryvale" (Map). Queensland Government. 1983. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
"Parish of Glengallan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
Google (28 April 2022). "Clintonvale State School (former)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
"Clintonvale State school". 28 November 2001. Archived from the original on 28 November 2001. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
Southern Downs Steam Railway (2008). "'Via recta' - The line that never was". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
Freestone Parents & Citizens Association (1988). "Railway". Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
"Land for public recreation - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.