Loch Lomond, Queensland

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Loch Lomond
Queensland
Loch Lomond is located in Queensland
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond
Coordinates28°19′50″S 152°11′36″E / 28.3305°S 152.1933°E / -28.3305; 152.1933 (Loch Lomond (centre of locality))
Population119 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1.725/km2 (4.467/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area69.0 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Loch Lomond:
Junabee Junabee Wiyarra
Murrays Bridge Loch Lomond Tannymorel
Elbow Valley Elbow Valley Killarney

Loch Lomond is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Loch Lomond had a population of 119 people.[1]

History

The locality takes its name from Loch Lomond in Scotland.[2]

Loch Lomond Provisional School opened on 23 November 1903. On 1 January 1909 it became Loch Lomond State School. It closed on 13 February 1976.[3] It was on the southern corner of Warwick Killarney Road and Mckee Road (28°19′00″S 152°12′06″E / 28.3166°S 152.2017°E / -28.3166; 152.2017 (Loch Lomond State School (former))).[4][5]

The Presbyterian Church was officially opened on Sunday 20 August 1905,[6] having been relocated from Tanneymorel. It was damaged in a cyclone in December 1915.[7] It was on the south-eastern corner of Warwick Killarney Road and Middle Road (28°18′55″S 152°12′07″E / 28.3154°S 152.2019°E / -28.3154; 152.2019 (Loch Lomond Presbyterian Church)).[8][5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Loch Lomond had a population of 106 people.[9]

In the 2021 census, Loch Lomond had a population of 119 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Loch Lomond. The nearest government primary schools are Murray's Bridge State School in neighbouring Murrays Bridge to the west and Killarney State School in neighbouring Killarney to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Killarney State School (to Year 10 only) and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the north-west [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Loch Lomond (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Loch Lomond – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45948)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ^ "Parish of Cunningham" (Map). Queensland Government. 1949. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Religions[?] Notes". Warwick Examiner And Times. Vol. 39, no. 4967. Queensland, Australia. 12 August 1905. p. 5. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "THE DROUGHT BREAKS". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4803. Queensland, Australia. 18 December 1915. p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "9341-31 Loch Lomond" (Map). Queensland Government. 1983. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Loch Lomond (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

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