Stonelands Explained

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.

Geography

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.

History

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]

Demographics

In the, Stonelands had a population of 51 people.

In the, Stonelands had a population of 34 people.

Education

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.

Facilities

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]

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 1943 . Mondure . 19 August 2022 . . Map . 17 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017130847/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-mondure-1943.jpg . live .
  3. Web site: 1952 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m114 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060636/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m114-admin-bdy-1952.jpg . 2022-08-19 . 19 August 2022 . . Map.
  4. Web site: 18 November 2020 . Emergency services facilities - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 . 24 November 2020 . 24 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.