Pozieres, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Pozieres
State:qld
Coordinates:-28.5275°N 151.8658°W
Pop:208
Postcode:4352
Area:47.0
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Southern Downs Region
Stategov:Southern Downs
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Dalveen
Near-Ne:Fleurbaix
Near-E:Thulimbah
Near-Se:The Summit
Near-S:Cannon Creek
Near-Sw:Bapaume
Near-W:Passchendaele
Near-Nw:Dalveen

Pozieres is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Pozieres had a population of 208 people.

Geography

Pozieres railway station is an abandoned railway station (-28.5286°N 151.8856°W) on the now-closed Amiens branch railway of the Southern railway line.[2]

History

Following World War I, Pozieres was one of the Pikedale soldier settlements established in the Granite Belt area of the Darling Downs.[3] As part of this initiative, the Amiens branch railway was constructed west of Cottonvale. The line was not built to convey passengers but rather to transport fruit from the soldiers' orchards to markets in Brisbane and Sydney. The line was opened on 7 June 1920 and it closed on 28 February 1974.[4] [5]

The name Pozieres comes from the Pozieres railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, which in turn was suggested by surveyor George Grant and the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia, commemorating the famous World War I Battle of Pozières. The grave accent in Pozières is omitted as Queensland Government policy on place naming restricts names to the "standard alphabet".[6]

A postal receiving office was opened at Pozieres on 1 May 1921, upgraded to a post office about March 1924.[7]

Pozieres State School opened on 16 June 1921.[8]

In November 1921, an Anglican minister, Reverend Alan Thompson, was appointed to the soldier settlement towns but at June 1922, the parishioners were lobbying for a church as services were being held in private homes.[9]

Pozieres Anglican Church Centre opened circa 1929. It is now closed.[10]

Demographics

In the, Pozieres had a population of 145 people.

In the, Pozieres had a population of 208 people.

Education

Pozieres State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 45-47 Pozieres School Road (-28.5248°N 151.8847°W).[11] [12] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 7 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).[13] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).[14]

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  3. Web site: Pikedale soldier settlements. Randall. Brian. 3 November 2014. State Library of Queensland. 2 June 2015. 26 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170726231344/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2014/11/03/pikedale-soldier-settlement/. live.
  4. Web site: Historical information: (Warwick) - Cottonvale - Amiens. Southern Downs Steam Railway. Southern Downs Steam Railway. 2008. 18 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106155456/http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/amiens.php. 6 January 2009. dead.
  5. Web site: QR History - Royal goes by train. QR Limited. Queensland Rail. https://web.archive.org/web/20080719120458/http://history.qr.com.au/history/news/current/stories/roy_goe_tra.asp. 19 July 2008. dead. 18 November 2008.
  6. Web site: How places are named: Naming principles. Queensland Government. 19 September 2017. 18 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223543/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/place-names/naming/principles. live.
  7. Web site: Post Office List. Phoenix Auctions History. Phoenix Auctions. 14 March 2021. 27 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230927153917/https://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2APozieres%2A. live.
  8. Web site: 2019-07-26 . History . 2023-09-27 . Pozieres State School . en . 1 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301230744/https://pozieresss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history . live .
  9. News: 15 June 1922. THE PAGAN CHALLENGE.. 5. The Brisbane Courier. 20,093. Queensland, Australia. 27 August 2020. National Library of Australia. 5 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085503/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20545519. live.
  10. Web site: Closed Churches. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/. 3 April 2019. 24 February 2019. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland.
  11. 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.
  12. Web site: Pozieres State School. 14 March 2021. 10 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310214438/https://pozieresss.eq.edu.au/. live.
  13. Web site: Annual Report 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919091442/http://www.pozieresss.eq.edu.au/SAR%2016.pdf. 19 September 2017. 19 September 2017. Pozieres State School.
  14. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. 28 January 2020. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 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.

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