Lake Clarendon, Queensland

Lake Clarendon is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Lake Clarendon
Queensland
Lake Clarendon
Coordinates27.5263°S 152.3325°E / -27.5263; 152.3325
Postcode(s)4343
Area28.7 km2 (11.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Lake Clarendon:
Adare Spring Creek Morton Vale
Adare Lake Clarendon Glenore Grove
Gatton Lawes Crowley Vale
College View

Geography

The locality takes its name from the lake created by the Lake Clarendon Dam.[2] Lockyer Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality.[3]

History

Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903 it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of (present day) Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek.[4]

Lake Clarendon State School opened on 9 June 1902.[5]

St Edmund's Anglican Church was dedicated on 16 April 1910 by Archdeacon Henry Le Fanu.[6] It closed circa 1960.[7]

On 9 March 1914, the Lake Clarendon Lower State School opened but was renamed a few months later to be Morton Vale State School; it closed in 1981.[5]

Heritage listings

Lake Clarendon has the following heritage sites:

Education

Lake Claredon State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 35 Lake Clarendon Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 146 students with 13 teachers (11 equivalent full-time) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 equivalent full-time).[9]

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References
  1. "Lake Clarendon - locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44969)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. "Lake Clarendon Dam". SEQ Water. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  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
  6. "Our Lake Clarendon Letter". Queensland Times. LI, (7792). Queensland, Australia. 20 April 1910. p. 8 (DAILY). Retrieved 6 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. "Lake Clarendon State School (entry 602857)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  9. "2016 School Annual Report" (PDF). Lake Clarendon State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

Further reading

Media related to Lake Clarendon at Wikimedia Commons


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