Gladfield, Queensland

Gladfield is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Gladfield had a population of 57 people.[1]

Gladfield
Queensland
Great Dividing Range as seen from Gladfield, 2023
Gladfield is located in Queensland
Gladfield
Gladfield
Coordinates28.0638°S 152.1788°E / -28.0638; 152.1788 (Gladfield (centre of locality))
Population57 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.601/km2 (4.15/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area35.6 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Gladfield:
Goomburra Goomburra Maryvale
Clintonvale Gladfield Maryvale
Freestone Upper Freestone Upper Freestone

History
Gladfield State School, 1908

The locality name was derived from a pastoral run taken up in the 1840s, first by the Leslie brothers and later by Neil Ross who sold it in 1852, later becoming party of the Maryvale run.[2]

Gladfield Provisional School opened on 1 August 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Gladfield State School. It closed on 1967.[3] It was at 13 Gladfield Back Road (28.07655°S 152.18528°E / -28.07655; 152.18528 (Gladfield State School (former))).[4] The school building was still extant on the site in October 2008.[5]

In the 2016 census, Gladfield had a population of 57 people.[1]

Notable residents

Former Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett owns 32 hectares of farmland out in Gladfield.

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gladfield, Queensland.
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gladfield (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Gladfield – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45932)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. 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. "Parish of Glengallan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. Google (5 October 2023). "Gladfield State School (former)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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