Glastonbury
Queensland
Country road, Glastonbury
Glastonbury is located in Queensland
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Coordinates26°12′47″S 152°31′11″E / 26.2130°S 152.5197°E / -26.2130; 152.5197 (Glastonbury (town centre))
Population351 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4.769/km2 (12.352/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area73.6 km2 (28.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Glastonbury:
Bells Bridge Bells Bridge Fishermans Pocket
Widgee Glastonbury The Palms
Widgee Upper Glastonbury Scrubby Creek
Marys Creek

Glastonbury is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Glastonbury had a population of 351 people.[1]

Geography

Greendale is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality (26°11′00″S 152°32′00″E / 26.1833°S 152.5333°E / -26.1833; 152.5333 (Greendale)).[4]

History

Glastonbury Provisional School opened on 16 August 1879. On 1 January 1909, it became Glastonbury State School. It closed on 6 June 1960. It was also known as Glastonbury Creek State School.[5]

Greendale Provisional School opened on 21 October 1930 and closed in 1941. It reopened in 1947 and in 1948 became Greendale State School. It closed on 5 June 1960.[5]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Glastonbury had a population of 351 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Glastonbury has the following heritage sites:

  • 1329 Glastonbury Road: Glastonbury Hall[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glastonbury (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glastonbury – town in Gympie Region (entry 13893)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Glastonbury – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46331)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Greendale – locality unbounded in Gympie Regional (entry 14769)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 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. ↑ "Glastonbury Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

Further reading

  • Scougall, J. (1985). Gympie South & district schools : 75th anniversary. Gympie South State School – via State Library of Queensland. — includes other schools including Calico Creek, Lagoon Pocket, Pie Creek, Langshaw (Eel Creek), Mooloo (Mooloo Road), Warrawee, Glastonbury, Scrubby Creek, and Greendale
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