Kelso
Townsville, Queensland
Kelso is located in Queensland
Kelso
Kelso
Coordinates19°23′24″S 146°43′00″E / 19.3899°S 146.7166°E / -19.3899; 146.7166 (Kelso (centre of suburb))
Population10,599 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4815
Area17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)City of Townsville
State electorate(s)Thuringowa
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Kelso:
Gumlow Rasmussen Mount Stuart
Gumlow Kelso Mount Stuart
Pinnacles Pinnacles Ross River

Kelso is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Kelso had a population of 10,599 people.[3]

Geography

Kelso is the last of three suburbs along Riverway Drive and is the only suburb on Riverway Drive that has homes backing onto the Ross River.[citation needed]

Garbutt–Upper Ross Road (Riverway Drive) runs from north to south inside the eastern boundary.[4]

History

Kelso was named after Scottish immigrants, and early settlers, Mary and James Kelso, who had cattle property in 1878 called Laudham Park on Five Head Creek.[5] To make way for construction of the Ross River Dam in 1970, the Townsville City Council resumed 1620ha of the property's best grazing land. At its peak, Laudham Park stretched for more than 40,000ha along both banks of the Upper Ross River to the foothills of Mount Stuart and out to the Pinnacles part of Hervey Range.[6] Most of what was Laudham Park is today under water due to the construction of the dam and the rest is now the suburb of Kelso. The first residential blocks started selling back in 1966.

Kelso State School, Prep to Year 6, opened in 1963.[7][8]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Kelso had a population of 10,538 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.0% of the population. 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 2.2% and New Zealand 2.2%. 88.4% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 25.9% and Anglican 17.2%.[9]

In the 2021 census, Kelso had a population of 10,599 people.[3]

Education

Kelso State School administration block, 2023

Kelso State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Yvette Street (19°23′19″S 146°43′35″E / 19.3886°S 146.7264°E / -19.3886; 146.7264 (Kelso State School)).[10][11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 549 students with 35 teachers (34 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).[12]

There are no secondary schools in Kelso. The nearest government secondary school is Thuringowa State High School in Condon to the north.[13]

Transportation

Kelso is connected to Townsville by the Kinetic Group's bus services.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kelso (Qld) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Kelso – suburb in City of Townsville (entry 44605)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kelso (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Google (23 April 2023). "Kelso" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ^ Bell, Peter; Thuringowa (Qld.). Council (2003), History of Ross River, Thuringowa City Council, archived from the original on 9 August 2023, retrieved 16 November 2018
  6. ^ Chris Jones. "History Rests Under The Tide Of Progress". Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Kelso SS". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kelso (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Kelso State School". Kelso State School. 30 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  12. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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