Type: | suburb |
Ascot | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -27.8152°N 152.0011°W |
Pop: | 106 |
Postcode: | 4359 |
Area: | 33.1 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 20.6 |
Dir1: | NNE |
Location1: | Clifton |
Dist2: | 33.3 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Toowoomba |
Dist3: | 149 |
Dir3: | WSW |
Location3: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Toowoomba Region |
Stategov: | Condamine |
Fedgov: | Groom |
Near-N: | Budgee |
Near-Ne: | Budgee |
Near-E: | Hirstglen |
Near-Se: | Pilton |
Near-S: | Manapouri |
Near-Sw: | Nobby |
Near-W: | Nobby |
Near-Nw: | East Greenmount |
Ascot is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Ascot had a population of 106 people.
Ascot is on the Darling Downs. Its southern boundary follows Kings Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River. The area is heavily developed for agriculture except for elevated areas in the east.
Mount Sibley is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality (-27.8333°N 151.9666°W), presumably taking its name from the nearby mountain of the same name in neighbouring East Greenmount.[2] The mountain was named after James Sibley, a pastoralist and publican, who leased the Clifton pastoral run in the early 1840s.[3]
Mount Sibley Provisional School opened in 1907. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Sibley State School. It closed circa 1952. The school was located at 565 Mount Silbley Road .[4]
In the, Ascot had a population of 31 people.
In the, Ascot had a population of 106 people.
There are no schools in Ascot. The nearest primary school is Pilton State School in neighbouring Pilton to the south-east, Emu Creek State School in neighbouring East Greenmount to the north-west and Nobby State School in neighbouring Nobby to the south-west. The nearest secondary school is Clifton State High School in Clifton to the south-west.