Turallin
Queensland
Turallin is located in Queensland
Turallin
Turallin
Coordinates27°49′37″S 151°12′26″E / 27.8269°S 151.2072°E / -27.8269; 151.2072 (Turallin (town centre))
Population64 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4357
Area108.8 km2 (42.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Turallin:
Kurrowah Kurrowah Lemontree
Western Creek Turallin Millmerran
Captains Mountain Captains Mountain Millmerran

Turallin is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Turallin had a population of 64 people.[4]

Geography

The Millmerran–Cecil Plains Road runs along the eastern boundary of the locality.[5]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with the remainder being crow growing on both dry and irrigated land.[6]

History

The town takes its name from a village in Ireland.[2][7]

Pine Creek Provisional School opened on 4 September 1888. On 27 July 1904, it was renamed Turallin Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Turallin State School. It closed in 1960.[8] It was at 606 Turallin Road (27°49′44″S 151°12′21″E / 27.8290°S 151.2057°E / -27.8290; 151.2057 (Turallin State School)).[9]

In June 1911, tenders were called to erect an Anglican Church in Turallin.[10] St Luke's Anglican church was dedicated on 20 October 1913 by the Archdeacon of Toowoomba, Arthur Rivers. Its last service was held on 26 July 1953.[11]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Turallin had a population of 65 people.[12]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Turallin had a population of 64 people.[4]

Education

There are no schools in Turallin. The nearest government primary school is Millmerran State School in neighbouring Milmerran to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Millmeran State School (to Year 10) and Pittsworth State High School (to Year 12) in Pittsworth to the east.[6]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Turallin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Turallin – town in Toowoomba Region (entry 35349)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Turallin – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48079)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Turallin (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ Turallin, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. ^ Milmerran Centennial 25 September 1981
  8. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. ^ "Town of Turallin" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Advertising". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LIII, no. 9, 765. Queensland, Australia. 3 June 1911. p. 1. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Turallin (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

Further reading

External links

Suburbs and towns in the Toowoomba Region, Darling Downs, Queensland
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