Evanslea, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Evanslea
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.5213°N 151.518°W
Pop:31
Postcode:4356
Area:58.6
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:25.4
Dir1:SSW
Location1:Jondaryan
Dist2:49
Dir2:W
Location2:Toowoomba
Dist3:176
Dir3:W
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Toowoomba Region

Evanslea is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Evanslea had a population of 31 people.

Norillee is a neighbourhood (-27.5666°N 151.4833°W).[2]

Geography

Evanslea has the following mountains:

Evanslea railway station is an abandoned railway station on the closed Cecil Plains railway line (-27.5681°N 151.5105°W).[6]

The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation, mostly in the south-east of the locality.

Road infrastructure

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.[7]

History

The locality takes its name from the Evanslea railway station, which was named after Charles Barnard Evans, Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918.[8] The railway station on the Cecil Plains railway line opened in September 1915 with Evanslea as its terminus. It was subsequently extended to Cecil Plains.[9]

The neighbourhood of Norillee takes its name from the Norillee railway station (in neighbouring Bongeen), which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on12 December 1918. It is an Aboriginal name meaning mountain ridge or series of peaks.

Demographics

In the Evanslea had a population of 41 people.

In the, Evanslea had a population of 31 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[10]

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. 29 December 2020.
  3. Web site: 12 November 2020. Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  4. 25 November 2020.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  7. Evanslea, Queensland . OpenStreetMap . 13 February 2022.
  8. 28 September 2017.
  9. News: Oakey to Mount Russell Line.. 18 September 1915. The Brisbane Courier. 17,995. Queensland, Australia. 4. National Library of Australia. 27 January 2017.
  10. Web site: 18 November 2020. Homesteads - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79. 24 November 2020. 24 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.