Silver Spur Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°51′49″S 151°16′28″E / 28.8636°S 151.2744°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 72 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.1946/km2 (0.504/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4385 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 370.0 km2 (142.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Goondiwindi Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Silver Spur (also written as Silverspur) is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.[4] In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people.[1]
Silverspur Provisional School opened on 27 May 1895. On 1 November 1912 it became Silverspur State School. It closed on 1960.[5] It was on the Stanthorpe – Texas Road on the corner of Hilton Street (28°51′46″S 151°16′33″E / 28.8629°S 151.2757°E).[6]
St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church was dedicated on 19 August 1932 by the Archbishop of Brisbane Gerald Sharp. It was on the Stanthorpe Texas Road.[7][8] It closed circa 1966.[9]
In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people.[1]
There is a cemetery at the end of Spooners Road off Waverley Lane (28°50′56″S 151°14′54″E / 28.8489°S 151.2484°E) operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council.[4]