Type: | suburb |
Formartin | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -27.37°N 151.4313°W |
Pop: | 89 |
Postcode: | 4404 |
Area: | 132.9 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Toowoomba Region |
Stategov: | Condamine |
Fedgov: | Groom |
Near-N: | Wainui |
Near-Ne: | Bowenville |
Near-E: | Jondaryan |
Near-Se: | West Prairie |
Near-S: | West Prairie |
Near-Sw: | West Prairie |
Near-W: | St Ruth |
Near-Nw: | Bowenville |
Formartin is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Formartin had a population of 89 people.
The locality is partly bounded to the north and north-east by Oakey Creek. The creek is a tributary of the Condamine River and part of the Murray-Darling basin.[2]
The land use is crop growing with irrigation in use in the north and east of the locality, taking advantage of the creek.
Formartin State School opened on 4 October 1948 and officially closed on 9 December 1988.[3] The school was at 1538 Jondaryan St Ruth Road .[4]
In the Formartin had a population of 95 people.
In the, Formartin had a population of 89 people.
There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[5]
There are no schools in Formartin. The nearest primary schools are Bowenville State School in neighboring Bowenville to the north-east, Jondaryan State School in neighboring Jondaryan to the east, and Dalby South State School in Dalby to the north-west. The nearest secondary schools are Cecil Plains State School (to Year 9) in Cecil Plains to the south-west, Dalby State High School (to Year 12) in Dalby to the north-west, and Oakey State High School (to Year 12) in Oakey to the east.