College View, Queensland
College View is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
| College View Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  College View | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27.5541°S 152.3552°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4343 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Lockyer Valley Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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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).[2] College View Provisional School opened on 26 August 1901 with Miss Lewis as headteacher.[3] On 1 January 1909 it became College View State School. The school closed in 1958.[4]
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References
- "College View - locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44950)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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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