Alsace, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Alsace
State:qld
Coordinates:-23.2891°N 149.2747°W
Pop:11
Postcode:4702
Area:350.7
Lga:Central Highlands Region
Stategov:Gregory
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Mackenzie
Near-Ne:Mackenzie
Near-E:Mackenzie
Near-Se:Dingo
Near-S:Dingo
Near-Sw:Jellinbah
Near-W:Jellinbah
Near-Nw:Bingegang

Alsace is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Alsace had a population of 11 people.

Geography

The land is at an elevation of approximately 150m (490feet) and is principally used for grazing. A number of creek flow through the locality towards its south-east where in neighbouring Dingo, they become tributaries of Lorraine Creek, which flows into the Mackenzie River and then the Fitzroy River, which enters the Coral Sea to the south of Rockhampton.

The Fitzroy Developmental Road forms the western boundary of the locality which has no internal roads.

History

The locality is named after a pastoral property on the Leichhardt River. In the early 1870s, F.A. Brodie named two adjoining properties Alsace and Lorraine after the two regions Alsace and Lorraine in France that were lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.[2]

Alsace State School opened on 9 Aug 1977 and closed on 11 December 1987.

Demographics

In the, Alsace had a population of 3 people.

In the, Alsace had a population of 11 people.

Education

There are no schools in Alsace. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Dingo to the south, approximately 70 kilometres away. The nearest secondary schools are in Blackwater and Middlemount, even further away. Distance education is another option available for children in the local area.

Notes and References

  1. 23 April 2019.
  2. Web site: NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND.—8 - (Compiled from records in the Oxley Memorial Library.) - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) - 8 Oct 1935. Trove. en. 2019-04-24. 1 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220601014821/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35945196. live.