Glenarbon, Queensland

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Glenarbon
Queensland
St Paul's Lutheran Church, 2019
Glenarbon is located in Queensland
Glenarbon
Glenarbon
Coordinates28°35′52″S 150°54′20″E / 28.5977°S 150.9055°E / -28.5977; 150.9055 (Glenarbon (centre of locality))
Population33 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.1133/km2 (0.293/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4385
Area291.3 km2 (112.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Glenarbon:
Whetstone Whetstone Inglewood
Yelarbon Glenarbon Brush Creek
Twin Rivers (NSW) Camp Creek (NSW) Beebo

Glenarbon is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.[3] In the 2021 census, Glenarbon had a population of 33 people.[1]

Geography

The north-east and south-east of the locality is within the Yelarbon State Forest which extends into Beebo to the south-east and west and into Brush Creek to the east.[3]

History

Glenarbon Provision School opened on 17 March 1933, becoming Glenarbon State School in 1940. It closed in 1982.[4] The school was located just to the south of the Texas Yelarbon Road at 28°41′01″S 150°53′28″E / 28.6835°S 150.8910°E / -28.6835; 150.8910 (Glenarbon State School (former)) within the present-day boundaries of Beebo.[5]

St Paul's Lutheran Church was established circa December 1959.[6][7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Glenarbon had a population of 36 people.[8]

In the 2021 census, Glenarbon had a population of 33 people.[1]

Amenities

The former school site is now a recreational reserve operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council.[3]

St Paul's Lutheran Church is on Glenarbon Church Road at 28°40′42″S 150°53′31″E / 28.6783°S 150.8919°E / -28.6783; 150.8919 (St Paul's Lutheran Church), which is also now within Beebo. The church has a small cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glenarbon (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Glenarbon – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47808)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ^ "Parish of Beebo" (Map). Queensland Government. 1929. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ^ "LUTHERAN CONVENTION OPENS AT KALBAR". Queensland Times. No. 19, 752. Queensland, Australia. 24 April 1950. p. 2 (DAILY). Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Glenarbon's 60th Anniversary of Church Building Service". Qld District. Lutheran Church of Australia. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glenarbon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

Further reading

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