Type: | suburb |
Stonelands | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.0483°N 151.7038°W |
Pop: | 34 |
Postcode: | 4612 |
Area: | 167.6 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 34.2 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Murgon |
Dist2: | 67.5 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Kingaroy |
Dist3: | 96.5 |
Dir3: | S |
Location3: | Gayndah |
Dist4: | 127 |
Dir4: | W |
Location4: | Gympie |
Dist5: | 281 |
Dir5: | NW |
Location5: | Brisbane |
Lga: | South Burnett Region |
Stategov: | Nanango |
Fedgov: | Flynn |
Near-N: | Wahoon |
Near-Ne: | Booubyjan Windera |
Near-E: | Glenrock Wooroonden |
Near-Se: | Marshlands |
Near-S: | Hivesville Kawl Kawl |
Near-Sw: | Kinleymore |
Near-W: | Abbeywood |
Near-Nw: | Wigton |
Stonelands is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Stonelands had a population of 34 people.
The locality is bounded to the north-east and east by Barambah Creek, which is a tributary of the Burnett River, and to the south-west by Gayndah Hivesville Road.
Beninfi State Forest is in the north-west of the locality and Woroon State Forest 2 is in the west of the locality extending into neighbouring Wigton.
Apart from the state forests, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop-growing and plantation forestry.
Stonelands State School opened on 25 January 1932 and closed on 31 March 1967. It was at 983 Stonelands Road . It was immediately west of the homestead of Stonelands pastoral station .[2] [3]
In the, Stonelands had a population of 51 people.
In the, Stonelands had a population of 34 people.
There are no schools in Stonelands. The nearest government primary schools are Windera State School in neighbouring Windera to the north-east, Cloyna State School in Cloyna to the east, and Proston State School in Proston to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Proston State School (to Year 10), Murgon State High School (to Year 12) in Murgon to the south-east and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in Gayndah to the north.
Despite the name, Abbeywood Rural Fire Station is at 6461 Gayndah Hivesville Road in Stonelands (-26.12°N 151.6614°W); the Gayndah Hivesville Road is the border between the localities of Stonelands and Abbeywood.[4]