Whichello
Queensland
Paddock along Pechey Maclagan Road, 2014
Whichello is located in Queensland
Whichello
Whichello
Coordinates27°17′39″S 151°59′53″E / 27.2941°S 151.9980°E / -27.2941; 151.9980
Population31 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density2.65/km2 (6.86/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4352
Area11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Whichello:
Plainby Plainby Crows Nest
Plainby Whichello Pechey
Groomsville Groomsville Pechey

Whichello is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Whichello had a population of 31 people.[1]

Geography

McLean family homestead, Whichelllo, circa 1903

Whichello is on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland.

Whichello is similar to many of the localities in the eastern Downs, with the land mostly cleared for agriculture and few facilities or amenities.

The Pechey-Maclagan Road runs through from east to south.[3]

History

Pupils of Whichello School posing with wildflowers, 1920

Whichello Provisional School opened on 18 April 1894. On 1 January 1909, it became Whichello State School. It closed on 22 January 1942.[4][5] It was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on the northern side of Whichello School Road (27°17′32″S 152°00′39″E / 27.29223°S 152.01097°E / -27.29223; 152.01097 (Whichello State School (former))).[6][7] The site is now a park.[8]

Whichello Methodist Church opened in March 1907.[9] It was on a 1-acre (0.40 ha) on the northern side of Whichello School Road (27°17′35″S 152°00′51″E / 27.29296°S 152.01425°E / -27.29296; 152.01425 (Whichello Methodist Church (former))), appox 325 metres (1,066 ft) east of the school.[6][7] The timber church could seat 50 people. In 1952, the church building was relocated to Wilsonton.[10]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whichello, Queensland.
  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Whichello (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Whichello – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48094)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ Whichello, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ 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. ^ "Agency ID 9273, Whichello State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Crows Nest" (Map). Queensland Government. 1945. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Parish of Douglas" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  9. ^ "DOWNS NEWS". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XLIX, no. 7, 969. Queensland, Australia. 23 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 24 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Whichello Methodist Church | Whichello". Queensland Religious Places Database. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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