Emu Vale
Queensland
Maize and Wheat Crops, Emu Val, circa 1899
Emu Vale is located in Queensland
Emu Vale
Emu Vale
Coordinates28°13′44″S 152°14′56″E / 28.2288°S 152.2488°E / -28.2288; 152.2488 (Emu Vale (town centre))
Population185 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.131/km2 (2.931/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4371
Area163.5 km2 (63.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Emu Vale:
Yangan Swanfels Clumber
Junabee
Danderoo		 Emu Vale Moogerah
Tannymorel Mount Colliery Carneys Creek

Emu Vale is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Emu Vale had a population of 185 people.[1]

History

The town takes its name from the Emu Vale railway station on the Killarney railway line, which is believed to be named after an early pastoral run.[2]

Emu Vale Provisional School opened on 2 February 1876. It became Emu Vale State School on 20 January 1879. It was closed on 31 December 2003.[4][5] The school was located on the triangle of land bounded by Yangan Killarney Road, Swift Road and Emu Creek (28°13′28″S 152°14′43″E / 28.2245°S 152.2453°E / -28.2245; 152.2453 (Emu Vale State School)).[6] The school's website was archived.[7]

Land in Emu Vale was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 75 square miles (190 km2) were available.[8]

Emu Vale railway station, ca. 1890

The first section of the Killarney railway line from Warwick was 24 kilometres (15 mi) long and terminated at Emu Vale. The contract to build the first section was given to John Garget on 22 November 1881, but progress was delayed when the Queensland Railway Department was unable to provide the locomotives and wagons need to carry the construction materials. The first section to Emu Vale railway station opened on 2 June 1884. It was officially opened with a train from Warwick decorated with flags and greenery with several hundred passengers on board. The second section of the railway from Emu Vale to Killarney railway station was also built by Garget and completed on 22 August 1885.[9]

In 1898 the Post and Telegraph and Postal Note Office hitherto known as Neereeadah was changed to Emu Vale.[10]

Rocky Mountain Provisional School opened on 1919 and closed circa 1920.[4]

By 1931 the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church had been established.[11]

The Emu Vale Memorial Hall was officially opened on Saturday 28 May 1954 by Sir Raymond Huish.[12][13]

In the 2016 census, Emu Vale had a population of 185 people.[1]

Community groups

The Emu Vale branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Emu Vale Memorial Hall at 559 Yangan Killarney Road (28°13′47″S 152°14′51″E / 28.2297°S 152.2474°E / -28.2297; 152.2474 (Emu Vale Memorial Hall)).[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Emu Vale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Emu Vale – town in Southern Downs Region (entry 11733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Emu Vale – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45925)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b 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 state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Town map of Emu Vale". Queensland Government. 1990. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Home Page". Emu Vale State School. 17 July 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
  10. ^ "CHANGE OF NAME". Warwick Examiner And Times. Vol. 32, no. 4271. Queensland, Australia. 19 October 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "TANNYMOREL PRESBYTERY". Warwick Daily News. No. 3604. Queensland, Australia. 21 January 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Advertising". Warwick Daily News. No. 10, 836. Queensland, Australia. 6 May 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "War Memorial Hall for Emu Vale". Warwick Daily News. No. 10, 449. Queensland, Australia. 4 February 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Emu Vale Branch". Queensland Country Women's Association. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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