Laidley South, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Laidley South
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.6911°N 152.3869°W
Pop:293
Postcode:4341
Area:20.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Elevation:110-300
Dist1:6.3
Dir1:SSW
Location1:Laidley
Dist2:22.3
Dir2:SE
Location2:Gatton
Dist3:45.7
Dir3:W
Location3:Ipswich
Dist4:64.8
Dir4:ESE
Location4:Toowoomba
Dist5:87.1
Dir5:WSW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Lockyer Valley Region
Stategov:Lockyer
Fedgov:Wright
Fedgov2:Blair
Near-N:Laidley
Near-Ne:Grandchester
Near-E:Grandchester
Near-Se:Mulgowie
Near-S:Mulgowie
Near-Sw:Laidley Creek West
Near-W:Laidley Creek West
Near-Nw:Laidley Heights

Laidley South is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Laidley South had a population of 293 people.

Geography

As the name suggests, Laidley South is immediately south of the town of Laidley. Laidley South is bounded to the west by Laidley Creek and to the east by the Little Liverpool Range.

The land use is mixed. In the north of the locality is rural residential housing. In the west of the locality along the creek is mostly irrigated horticulture. The main major land use in the centre and south of the locality is grazing on native vegetation. In the east of the locality, many of the slopes of the Little Liverpool Range remains as undeveloped land due to the more mountainous elevations.

The Laidley Creek Diversion Weir on Laidley Creek enables some of the water flowing along Laidley Creek to be piped to Lake Dyer in neighbouring Laidley Heights for water storage.[2]

History

The locality's name is derived from the town name of Laidley, which itself derives from the naming of Laidleys Plain by Allan Cunningham after James Laidley (1786-1835), the New South Wales Deputy Commissary General.[1]

Laidley State School opened on 1 April 1864. In 1888, it was renamed Laidley South State School. The school closed on 9 December 1983. It was on Mulgowie Road .[3] [4]

The Laidley Valley railway line from Laidley to Mulgowie was opened on Wednesday 19 April 1911 by the Queensland Treasurer, Walter Barnes,[5] with Laidley South being served by three stations (from north to south)

Due to poor patronage and improvements to the local roads, the line was closed in 1955,[9] apart from of the line which connected to the Laidley cattle yards which remained in use until 1969.[10]

Demographics

In the, Laidley South had a population of 271 people.

In the, Laidley South had a population of 293 people.

Education

There are no schools in Laidley South. The nearest government primary school is Laidley District State School in neighbouring Laidley to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Laidley State High School, also in Laidley.[11]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 12 November 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 . Central Lockyer Valley Water Supply Scheme Resource Operations Licence . 7 October 2023 . . 13.
  3. Web site: 1985 . 9342-13 Mulgowie . 11 April 2022 . . Map . 11 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220411124448/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-bandw-9342-13-mulgowie-ed-1-1985.jpg . live .
  4. Web site: 1936 . Helidon . 11 April 2022 . . Map . 1 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701063349/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-helidon-1936.jpg . live .
  5. News: 20 April 1911 . LAIDLEY VALLEY LINE. . 5 . . 16,621 . Queensland, Australia . 22 April 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  6. 1 October 2023.
  7. 1 October 2023.
  8. 1 October 2023.
  9. News: 15 January 1955 . 6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed . 8 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 1 . National Library of Australia . LXXV.
  10. Book: Bromby . Robin . Ghost Railways of Australia . Lothian Books . 2006 . 0734409230 . Sydney, Australia . 10.
  11. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 7 October 2023 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .