Upper Freestone, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Upper Freestone
State:qld
Coordinates:-28.1233°N 152.2205°W
Pop:75
Postcode:4370
Area:42.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:21.3
Dir1:NW
Location1:Warwick
Dist2:90.2
Dir2:SSE
Location2:Toowoomba
Dist3:112
Dir3:SW
Location3:Ipswich
Dist4:151
Dir4:SW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Southern Downs Region
Stategov:Southern Downs
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Gladfield
Near-Ne:Maryvale
Near-E:Swanfels
Near-Se:Swanfels
Near-S:Swanfels
Near-Sw:Mount Sturt
Near-W:Freestone
Near-Nw:Freestone

Upper Freestone is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.

Geography

Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park has two non-contiguous sections. The larger of the two is in the north of the locality extending further north into Gladfield.

Freestone Creek (which rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range) enters the locality from the east on the boundary between Maryvale and Swanfels and flows through the locality exiting to the west (Freestone). It is part of the Murray-Darling drainage basin.

History

Freestone Creek (No 2) Provisional School opened on 19 October 1874. It was renamed Freestone Creek Upper Provisional School circa 1879. In 1885 it became Freestone Creek Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Freestone Upper State School. It closed in 1964. The school was on Upper Freestone School Road .[2] In 1883, 10abbr=NaNabbr= of land was reserved for the Upper Freestone cemetery. A cemetery trust was established in 1896. The cemetery closed in 1971. The only surviving part of the cemetery are a group of graves of the O'Dempsey family which have been maintained by the family.[3] The cemetery is a field to the north of McMaster Road .

Demographics

In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 90 people.

In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.

Education

There are no schools in Upper Freestone. The nearest primary schools are Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the west and Yangan State School in Yangan to the south. The nearest secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick to the south-west.

Notes and References

  1. 27 January 2020.
  2. Web site: 1937. Warwick. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200909072933/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-warwick-1937.jpg. 9 September 2020. 9 September 2020. Queensland Government. Map.
  3. Web site: TOWNSHIP. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200308062204/http://www.voicom.com.au/freestone/township.htm. 2020-03-08. 2020-09-09. The History and Memories of Freestone.