Английская Википедия:Biddeston, Queensland
Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:GeoGroup Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Biddeston is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] In the Шаблон:CensusAU the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.[3]
History
Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940.[4][5]
A postal receiving office opened on 1 February 1882 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. During that time it was run by the Anderson family of Biddeston Farm, which is probably the origin of the district name. The post office closed on 5 January 1965.[1][6]
The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890.[1]
In 1880, a 10-acre block of land on the Oakey-Southbrook Road was aside for a school. However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson. It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent. Despite growing enrolment numbers, the Education Department would not enlarge the building apart from the addition of a verandah in 1927. It was not until 1954 that a second school room was built.[7][8] A pre-school was added in 1986.[4]
In the 2011 census, Biddeston had a population of 328 people.[9]
Biddeston was the site of the Biddeston Murders that took place on 2 March 2015 when a grandfather killed his pregnant daughter and grandson.[10]
In the Шаблон:CensusAU the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.[3]
Road infrastructure
The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.[11]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[12]
- Aberdeen (Шаблон:Coord)
- Aughamore (Шаблон:Coord)
- Bronte Park (Шаблон:Coord)
- Burton (Шаблон:Coord)
- Chelandry (Шаблон:Coord)
- Croxley (Шаблон:Coord)
- Egmont Park (Шаблон:Coord)
- Enterprise (Шаблон:Coord)
- Glen Bride (Шаблон:Coord)
- Glen View (Шаблон:Coord)
- Goldrush Lodge (Шаблон:Coord)
- Hillview (Шаблон:Coord)
- Kerrabee Park (Шаблон:Coord)
- Lange (Шаблон:Coord)
- Martrise (Шаблон:Coord)
- Mayfield (Шаблон:Coord)
- Parklands (Шаблон:Coord)
- Rayhill (Шаблон:Coord)
- Roxanna (Шаблон:Coord)
- Silver Springs (Шаблон:Coord)
- The Towers (Шаблон:Coord)
- Wallaby Hill (Шаблон:Coord)
- Windemere (Шаблон:Coord)
- Ziebel (Шаблон:Coord)
Education
Biddeston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2425 Cecil Plains Road (Шаблон:Coord).[13][14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[15] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 70 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[16]
There is no secondary schools in Biddeston. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in neighbouring Oakey to the north.[17]
Events
The Biddeston Tractor Pull is an annual event in which restored and modified tractors compete to pull heavy loads.[18]
References
Further reading
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite QPN
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- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Census 2016 AUS
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite QldSchool
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Census 2011 AUS
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Шаблон:Queensland Globe
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