Rifle Range, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Rifle Range
City:Somerset Region
State:qld
Lga:Somerset Region
Coordinates:-27.4566°N 152.5344°W
Pop:197
Postcode:4311
Area:9.4
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:14.1
Dir1:W
Location1:Fernvale
Dist2:38.5
Dir2:NW
Location2:Ipswich
Dist3:40.9
Dir3:SSE
Location3:Esk
Dist4:75.9
Dir4:W
Location4:Brisbane
Stategov:Lockyer
Fedgov:Blair
Near-N:Clarendon
Near-Ne:Lowood
Near-E:Lowood
Near-Se:Lowood
Near-S:Brightview
Near-Sw:Mount Tarampa
Near-W:Mount Tarampa
Near-Nw:Clarendon

Rifle Range is a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Rifle Range had a population of 197 people.

Geography

Lockyer Creek marks the suburbs northern and western boundary.

There is irrigated cropping in areas close to the creek with grazing on native vegetation in the middle of the locality. The southern part of the locality is most rural residential.

Rifle Range Road provides access into the locality from neighbouring Lowood.

History

A rifle range was first established near Lowood in 1886.[2] In January 1905 the Queensland Government sold a parcel of land for to establish a new rifle range near Lowood.[3] The south-east boundary of the rifle range is the present-day south-eastern boundary of the locality of Rifle Range (Plan CC58 Lot 461, -27.455°N 152.55°W) and presumably the origin of its name.[4] The Lowood rifle range closed in 1953.[5]

Demographics

In the, Rifle Range had a population of 186 people.

In the, Rifle Range had a population of 197 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rifle Range. The nearest government primary schools are in neighbouring Clarendon, Lowood and Mount Tarampa. The nearest government secondary school is in Lowood.

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. News: TOWN TALK.. 30 November 1886. Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. 25 August 2019. 3819. Queensland, Australia. XXVIII. 5. National Library of Australia. 19 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819122226/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122554719. live.
  3. News: RIFLE RANGE AT LOWOOD.. 12 January 1905. Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. 25 August 2019. 6855. Queensland, Australia. XLVI. 9. National Library of Australia.
  4. News: ACQUISITION OF A SITE FOR A RIFLE RANGE AT LOWOOD, QUEENSLAND.. 17 December 1904. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 25 August 2019. 74. Australia. 1304. National Library of Australia. 19 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819122227/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232525476. live.
  5. Web site: History. 2019. Ipswich and District Rifle Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20190825051128/http://ipswichrifle.qldrifle.com/about-us/history/. 25 August 2019. live. 25 August 2019.