Bapaume Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°34′31″S 151°50′27″E / 28.5752°S 151.8408°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 130 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 9.6/km2 (24.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4352 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Bapaume is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Bapaume had a population of 130 people.[1]
Bapaume takes its name from the Bapaume railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, after a World War I battlefield in France, involving the Australian Imperial Force. The area was opened as soldier settlements after 1919.[2]
Bapaume Provisional School opened on 28 January 1925. In 1948 it became Bapaume State School. It closed on 10 December 1982.[3] The school was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site at 843-853 Cannon Creek Road (28°34′35″S 151°50′43″E / 28.57637°S 151.84539°E).[4][5] As at December 2020, the school building was still on the site.[6]
In the 2016 census, Bapaume had a population of 130 people.[1]