Blantyre, Queensland

Blantyre is a locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Blantyre
Queensland
Chaff carting at Blantyre, circa 1896
Blantyre
Coordinates27.9013°S 152.6775°E / -27.9013; 152.6775
Postcode(s)4310
Area7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Blantyre:
Anthony Anthony Anthony
Munbilla Blantyre Roadvale
Obum Obum Roadvale Roadvale

History

The name Blantyre was originally a property name given by James Moffatt, believed to be after a Scottish town of Blantyre. Later it was also used for a railway station (now closed).[1]

Blantyre State School opened on 28 February 1876. It closed in 1886. It reopened on 21 November 1887 as Blantyre Provisional School. On 6 July 1901 it became Blantyre State School again. It closed in 1969.[2]

The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich to Harrisville on 10 July 1882. On 12 September 1887 the line was extended to Dugundan with Blantyre being served by Blantyre railway station on Blantyre Road near the junction with Greer Road (27.9056°S 152.6832°E / -27.9056; 152.6832 (Blantyre railway station)). The line closed in June 1964.[3][4]

Census Data

Blantyre has a population of 59 at the 2016 census. The locality contains 23 households, in which 51.9% of the population are males and 48.1% of the population are females with a median age of 52, 14 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $977, $461 below the national average.

References
  1. "Blantyre - locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 48334)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  3. Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. pp. 57–58, 224. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
  4. "Flinders" (Map). Queensland Government. 1927. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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