Gladfield
Queensland
Great Dividing Range as seen from Gladfield, 2023
Gladfield is located in Queensland
Gladfield
Gladfield
Coordinates28°03′50″S 152°10′44″E / 28.0638°S 152.1788°E / -28.0638; 152.1788 (Gladfield (centre of locality))
Population57 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.601/km2 (4.15/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area35.6 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Gladfield:
Goomburra Goomburra Maryvale
Clintonvale Gladfield Maryvale
Freestone Upper Freestone Upper Freestone

Gladfield is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Gladfield had a population of 57 people.[1]

History

Gladfield State School, 1908

The locality name was derived from a pastoral run taken up in the 1840s, first by the Leslie brothers and later by Neil Ross who sold it in 1852, later becoming party of the Maryvale run.[2]

Gladfield Provisional School opened on 1 August 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Gladfield State School. It closed on 1967.[3] It was at 13 Gladfield Back Road (28°04′36″S 152°11′07″E / 28.07655°S 152.18528°E / -28.07655; 152.18528 (Gladfield State School (former))).[4] The school building was still extant on the site in October 2008.[5]

In the 2016 census, Gladfield had a population of 57 people.[1]

Notable residents

Former Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett owns 32 hectares of farmland out in Gladfield.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gladfield (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Gladfield – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45932)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Parish of Glengallan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1947. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Google (5 October 2023). "Gladfield State School (former)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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