Rosalie Plains, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Rosalie Plains
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.2227°N 151.715°W
Pop:54
Postcode:4401
Area:38.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:28.8
Dir1:N
Location1:Oakey
Dist2:56.9
Dir2:NW
Location2:Toowoomba CBD
Dist3:185
Dir3:WNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:Kulpi
Near-Ne:Mount Darry
Near-E:Highland Plains
Near-Se:Highland Plains
Near-S:Balgowan
Near-Sw:Brymaroo
Near-W:Brymaroo
Near-Nw:Kulpi

Rosalie Plains is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.

Geography

The Pechey-Maclagan Road enters the locality from the south (Balgowan), travels north and then west through the locality, exiting to the west (Brymaroo). The Oakey–Cooyar Road enters the locality from the north (Kulpi), intersects with Pechey-Maclagan Road and continues south on the same route as the Pechey-Maclagan Road to Balgowan.

The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run that was held by Robert Ramsay in the late 1840s.[1]

In 1877, 11500acres were resumed from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.[2]

Ashlea Provisional School opened on January 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ashlea State School, being renamed Rosalie Plains State School in 1916. It closed circa 1944. It was on the eastern side of Old Rosalie School Road .[3] Despite the name, the school was in the present-day locality of neighbouring Brymaroo.

Demographics

In the, Rosalie Plains had a population of 44 people.

In the, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rosalie Plains. The nearest government primary school is Kulpi State School in neighbouring Kulpi to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10) in Quinalow to the north-west and Oakey State High School (to Year 12) in Oakey.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. News: Proclamations under the New Land Acts.. 2 March 1877. The Brisbane Courier. 19 February 2020. Queensland, Australia. 3. Trove. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846. live.
  3. Web site: 1942 . Parish of Rosalie . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231230024326/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-rosalie-sh2-1942/original . 30 December 2023 . 30 December 2023 . . Map.
  4. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 30 December 2023 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .