Rockside, Queensland

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

Rockside
Queensland
Rockside
Coordinates27.7025°S 152.2847°E / -27.7025; 152.2847
Postcode(s)4343
Area21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Rockside:
Ropeley Blenheim Blenheim
Ingoldsby Rockside Mount Berryman
Ingoldsby Ingoldsby Mount Berryman

History

Rockside Provisional School on 2 June 1902 with Henry Arthur Trone as the first teacher.[2] On 1 January 1909 it became Rockside State School. It closed on 5 April 1921.[3] The school building was relocated to Ropeley East.[4]

In 1932 there were 12 children in the district and a new school was requested.[4] In February 1936 tenders were called to erect a new school at Rockdale.[5] The school building was completed by early June 1936.[6] In late June 1936 it was announced that the school would also serve as the Rockdale Post Office.[7] On 8 July 1936 the school re-opened still using the name Rockdale State School.[3] On Saturday 12 September 1936 the school was officially opened by Ted Maher, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing Rosewood, who gave a speech encouraging people to have more children to reverse the falling birthrate. It was followed by a picnic.[8][9] The school closed on 16 March 1952.[3]

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References
  1. "Rockside - locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44987)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "MA MA CREEK ITEMS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. XLII (6452). Queensland, Australia. 7 June 1902. p. 9. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  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. "FOUR DEPUTATIONS". Queensland Times. LXXVIII (14, 461). Queensland, Australia. 22 July 1932. p. 6 (DAILY.). Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Advertising". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 26 February 1936. p. 24 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "MT. BERRYMAN". Queensland Times. LXXVI (15, 464). Queensland, Australia. 8 June 1936. p. 4 (DAILY.). Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "NEWS OF THE DAY". Queensland Times. LXXVI (15, 482). Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1936. p. 6 (DAILY.). Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Advertising". Queensland Times. LXXVII (15, 525). Queensland, Australia. 18 August 1936. p. 1 (DAILY.). Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "SCHOOLS AFFECTED". Cairns Post (10, 794). Queensland, Australia. 14 September 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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