Fordsdale, Queensland

Fordsdale is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Fordsdale had a population of 52 people.[1]

Fordsdale
Queensland
School of Arts hall, 2014
Fordsdale
Coordinates27.7280°S 152.0927°E / -27.7280; 152.0927 (Fordsdale (centre of locality))
Population52 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.804/km2 (2.082/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4343
Area64.7 km2 (25.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Fordsdale:
Rockmount Egypt
Mount Whitestone		 Mount Whitestone
Ramsay Fordsdale Mount Whitestone
West Haldon West Haldon West Haldon

Geography

The terrain in the area is rugged. Lower areas along the creeks have been farmed while the steep and elevated parts remain vegetated. Silky Oak Creek joins Ma Ma Creek, a tributary of Lockyer Creek at Fordsdale. Dwyers Scrub Regional Park has been established in the west.

Road infrastructure

The Gatton–Clifton Road runs through from north-east to south. [3]

History

The locality is said to be named after William Thomas Ford, a farmer of Mount Whitestone, who carried the mail from Grantham to Mount Whitestone run from 1896.[2][4]

Ma Ma Creek Upper Provisional School opened on 8 July 1895 but was renamed Fordsdale Provisional School in 1896. On 1 January 1909 it became Fordsdale State School. The school closed in 1967.[5]

At the 2011 Australian Census Forsdale and surrounds recorded a population 211.[6]

In the 2016 census Fordsdale had a population of 52 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Fordsdale. The nearest primary school is Mount Whitestone State School in neighbouring Mount Whitestone to the north-east. The nearest secondary schools are Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the north-east and Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights in Toowoomba to the north-west.[7]

Amenities

Fordsdale School of Arts Hall is at 2085 Gatton Clifton Road (27.7196°S 152.1193°E / -27.7196; 152.1193 (Fordsdale School of Arts Hall)).[8]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fordsdale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Fordsdale – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 49516)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Fordsdale, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. "Country Correspondence". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XXXVII, no. 5530. Queensland, Australia. 17 December 1896. p. 6. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Fordsdale (Gazetted Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  7. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. Fordsdale School of Arts (2007), Reflections of Fordsdale : Fordsdale School of Arts 1932-2007, Community Books Australia, ISBN 978-1-921151-79-8

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