Leafdale Explained

Type:suburb
Leafdale
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.2386°N 151.7733°W
Pop:12
Postcode:4606
Area:15.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:20.3
Dir1:W
Location1:Murgon
Dist2:41.9
Dir2:N
Location2:Kingaroy
Dist3:117
Dir3:W
Location3:Gympie
Dist4:270
Dir4:NW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:South Burnett Region
Stategov:Nanango
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Mondure
Near-Ne:Silverleaf
Near-E:Chelmsford
Near-Se:Chelmsford
Near-S:Fairdale
Near-Sw:Fairdale
Near-W:Mount McEuen
Near-Nw:Keysland

Leafdale is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Leafdale had a population of 12 people.

History

Leafdale State School opened on 20 August 1924. It closed on 31 March 1933. It was at 32 Fairdale Road (corner of McEuen Road,).[2]

Leafdale Methodist Church was built in 1931 from timber. It was officially opened on Saturday 29 August 1931 by the Reverend Richard Pollard Pope, President of the Methodist Conference.[3] The church is no longer extant. It was at 1 Mount McEuen Road (-26.2483°N 151.77°W).[4] [5]

Demographics

In the, Leafdale had a population of 28 people.

In the, Leafdale had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Leafdale. The nearest government primary school is Wheatlands State School in neighbouring Wheatlands to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Wondai State School (to Year 10) in Wondai to the south-east, Proston State School (to Year 10) in Proston to the west, and Murgon State High School (to Year 12) in Murgon to the east.

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 1936 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m113 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220622082158/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m113-surv-control-1936.jpg . 2022-06-22 . 23 December 2022 . Queensland Government.
  3. News: 3 September 1931 . MONDURE. . 16 . . 22,963 . Queensland, Australia . 23 December 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Blake . Thom . Leafdale Methodist Church . 22 September 2022 . Queensland religious places database.
  5. Web site: 1943 . Wondai . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030014512/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-wondai-1943.jpg_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-wondai-1943.jpg . 30 October 2022 . 23 December 2022 . Queensland Government.