Silverleigh, Queensland

Silverleigh is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Silverleigh
Queensland
Silverleigh
Coordinates27.3333°S 151.7808°E / -27.3333; 151.7808
Postcode(s)4401
Area52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal Division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Silverleigh:
Acland Highland Plains Highland Plains
Greenwood Silverleigh Goombungee
Greenwood Kelvinhaugh Boodua

History

Local residents requested a school in 1901.[2] Tenders were called to construct the school in May 1902.[3] Boah Peak Provisional School opened circa September 1902, being renamed Silverleigh Provisional School in 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Silverleigh State School. It closed on 4 June 1967.[4]

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References
  1. "Silverleigh - locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48060)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "EDUCATION DEPARTMENT". Darling Downs Gazette. XLIII (9, 831). Queensland, Australia. 6 July 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Advertising". Toowoomba Chronicle And Darling Downs General Advertiser (6274). Queensland, Australia. 3 May 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  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


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