Gindie Explained

Type:suburb
Gindie
State:qld
Coordinates:-23.7691°N 148.1313°W
Pop:232
Postcode:4702
Area:1335.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Central Highlands Region
Stategov:Gregory
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Emerald
Near-Ne:Comet
Near-E:Comet
Near-Se:Arcturus
Near-S:Minerva
Near-Sw:Lochington
Near-W:Lochington
Near-Nw:Anakie Siding

Gindie is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Gindie had a population of 232 people.

Geography

The settlement of Fernlees is located in southern Gindie .[2]

The Gregory Highway passes through the locality from north (Emerald) to south (Minerva) passing through the town of Fernlees. The Blackwater railway line passes through the locality parallel and immediately east of the highway with a railway siding at Fernlees .[3]

History

The name Gindie means "much brigalow".[4]

Gindie Provisional School (also known as Gindie Siding Provisional School) opened 12 November 1897, becoming Gindie State School on 1 January 1909. The school closed in 1949 but later reopened.[5]

The Gindie State Farm was established In 1898 to experiment with growing new kinds of crops in the district such as sorghum, maize and pumpkins. The farm closed in 1932.[6]

Fernlees State School opened on 20 September 1951 and closed in 1953. It was on a 2acres site off to the west the Gregory Highway north of the town (approx).[7]

Fernlees Methodist Church was established in 1959 at 2780 Gregory Highway . Following the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Fernlees Uniting Church. It closed in 2007. It is now a private residence.[8] [9] [10]

On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Central Highlands Region by replacing the locality of The Gemfields with three new localities of Rubyvale, Sapphire Central and Anakie Siding (around the towns of Rubyvale, Sapphire, and Anakie respectively). This included adjusting the boundaries of other existing localities in the Region to accommodate these changes; Gindie gaining the south-eastern corner of The Gemfields and gaining the eastern edge of Lochington, but losing a small area of its northern part and a small area from its north-east part to Anakie Siding, increasing the area of the locality from NaNkm2.[11] [12] [13] As a consequence of these changes, Lake Maraboon is now entirely within the north-west of Gindie and the boundary between Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.

Demographics

At the, Gindie had a population of 382 people.

At the, Gindie had a population of 209 people.

In the, Gindie had a population of 232 people.

Education

Gindie State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at the corner of Old Cullen-la-ringo Road and the Gregory Highway (-23.7242°N 148.1408°W).[14] [15] In 2013, the school had an enrolment of 40 students in two classes, P-2 and 3-7, with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent).[16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 35 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[17]

Camp Fairbairn Outdoor Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at Fairbairn Dam (-23.6645°N 148.092°W).[14] It has a principal, 3 teachers and 3 non-teaching staff.[18] It offers basic residential accommodation and outdoor programs for students from Prep to Year 12.[19]

There is no secondary school in Gindie. The nearest secondary school is Emerald State High School in neighbouring Emerald to the north.

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Notes and References

  1. 7 July 2020.
  2. 29 December 2017.
  3. 17 July 2020.
  4. News: SKETCHER. . . 4 April 1914 . 5 July 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia . 13 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210913013525/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25505433 . live .
  5. 4 July 2014.
  6. Web site: Emerald Shire. Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. 4 July 2014. 12 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012022041/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/emerald-shire. live.
  7. Web site: 1972 . Town of Fernlees . 22 July 2022 . . Map.
  8. Web site: Blake. Thom. Fernlees Methodist Church. live. 2021-09-17. Queensland religious places database. 17 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917040941/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5257.
  9. Web site: Gift of a Church – a mix of mission and service Emerald Uniting Church. 2021-09-17. en-US. 23 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323101128/https://www.emeraldunitingchurch.org.au/?page_id=21. live.
  10. Web site: Emerald Uniting Church. live. 2021-09-17. Churches Australia. en. 17 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917041105/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/7199-emerald-uniting-church.
  11. Web site: 17 April 2020. Recent place name decisions: Job number 18-115: The Gemfields. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717022359/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#18-115. 17 July 2020. 17 July 2020. Queensland Government.
  12. Web site: 2019. Proposed Locality Boundaries and Names: Anakie Siding, Argyll, Emerald, Gindie, Lochington, Minerva, Rubyvale and Sapphire Central. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717023517/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1457327/18115-qpn1401-proposed.pdf. 17 July 2020. 17 July 2020. Queensland Government.
  13. Web site: 17 April 2020. Locality Boundaries and Names: Anakie Siding, Argyll, Emerald, Gindie, Lochington, Minerva, Rubyvale and Sapphire Central. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717024018/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1478741/18115-qpn1401-decision.pdf. 17 July 2020. 17 July 2020. Queensland Government.
  14. Web site: State and non-state school details. Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. live.
  15. Web site: Gindie State School. 21 November 2018. 15 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200315131812/https://gindiess.eq.edu.au/. live.
  16. Web site: 2013 School Annual Report. Gindie State School. 5 July 2014. 14 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213030/https://gindiess.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report-2013.pdf. live.
  17. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 28 January 2020. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.
  18. Web site: Camp Fairbairn Outdoor Education Centre. 17 July 2020. 17 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717103125/https://campfairbairnoec.eq.edu.au/. live.
  19. Web site: 2019-05-20. About us. 2020-07-17. Camp Fairbairn Outdoor Education Centre. en. 23 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223213332/https://campfairbairnoec.eq.edu.au/about-us. live.

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