Harlin Explained

Type:town
Harlin
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.973°N 152.3566°W
Pop:211
Postcode:4306
Area:255.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:14.0
Dir1:N
Location1:Toogoolawah
Dist2:27.2
Dir2:W
Location2:Kilcoy
Dist3:31.5
Dir3:N
Location3:Esk
Dist4:95.5
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Ipswich
Dist5:125
Dir5:NW
Location5:Brisbane CBD
Lga:Somerset Region
County:Cavendish
Parish:Colinton
Stategov:Nanango
Fedgov:Blair
Near-N:Sheep Station Creek
Near-Ne:Woolmar
Near-E:Gregors Creek
Yimbun
Near-Se:Ivory Creek
Near-S:Eskdale
Near-Sw:Anduramba
Near-W:Colinton
Near-Nw:Moore

Harlin is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people.

Geography

Harlin is a small town in South East Queensland. The town is on the Brisbane Valley Highway and the Brisbane River, 125km (78miles) north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

The town was named after Charlotte (née Harlin), wife of John Dunn Moore of the Colinton pastoral property. Their son William John Harlin Moore was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Harlin Post Office opened by September 1907 (a receiving office had been open from 1905) and closed in 1989.[3]

Harlin Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Harlin State School.[4]

The town was marooned during the 2011 floods. Over 40 travellers were stranded by the dangerous and rising flood waters of the Brisbane River and the Ivory and Maronghi Creeks. They were housed by the publicans and owners of the Harlin Hotel and the Caltex service station from 9 January 2011, until the flooded creeks and rivers subsided.[5]

On 1 February 2018, Harlin's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314.[6]

Demographics

In the, Harlin and the surrounding areas had a population of 534 people.

In the, the locality of Harlin had a population of 173 people.

In the, the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people.

Heritage listings

Harlin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Harlin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 8521 Brisbane Valley Highway (-26.974°N 152.3574°W).[9] [10] [11] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 65 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[12] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[13]

There are no secondary schools in Harlin. The nearest government secondary schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south, Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the east, and Nanango State High School in Nanango to the north-west.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 7 March 2022.
  2. 7 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 10 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= . live .
  4. 18 April 2019.
  5. Web site: April 2011 . Out of sight, out of mind: an evaluation of the effects of flooding in the upper reaches of the Brisbane River, 2011 . 11 August 2022 . Brisbane Valley Rail Trails Inc . 6 . 15 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315224445/http://www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0018/9153/Brisbane_Valley_Heritage_Trails_DeLacy_Elizabeth.pdf . live .
  6. Web site: 2017-11-17. Blackbutt To Get New Postcode. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517113515/https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2017/11/17/blackbutt-to-get-new-postcode/. 17 May 2018. 2021-07-05. southburnett.com.au. en-AU.
  7. 12 July 2013.
  8. 12 July 2013.
  9. Web site: 9 July 2018 . State and non-state school details . live . 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 . 21 November 2018 . Queensland Government.
  10. Web site: 2022-10-19 . Harlin State School . 2023-02-19 . Harlin State School . en.
  11. Web site: Harlin State School . 21 November 2018 . 18 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103535/https://harlinss.eq.edu.au/ . live .
  12. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 . 22 November 2018 . 22 November 2018.
  13. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018 . 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 .