Cedar Grove, Queensland

Cedar Grove is a mixed-use locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Cedar Grove had a population of 2,041 people.[1]

Cedar Grove
Logan City, Queensland
Flinders Peak from Cedar Grove, 2016
Cedar Grove
Coordinates27.8600°S 152.9744°E / -27.8600; 152.9744 (Cedar Grove (centre of locality))
Population2,041 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density113.4/km2 (293.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4285
Area18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location44 km (27 mi) south of Brisbane GPO
LGA(s)Logan City
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Cedar Grove:
Riverbend Riverbend Glenlogan
Kagaru Cedar Grove Jimboomba
Allenview Woodhill Cedar Vale

Geography

The western and part of the northern boundary of Cedar Grove follows the Logan River. Also on the northern boundary is the Cedar Grove Weir which began operations in 2008.

The eastern edge of the locality and the west of the locality are used for agriculture, a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. A strip through the centre of the locality between the eastern and western agricultural areas is residential.[3]

History
Disused Beaudesert railway line, 2016

Cedar Grove railway station (27.8617°S 152.991944°E / -27.8617; 152.991944 (Cedar Grove railway station)) was on the disused Beaudesert railway line from Bethania to Beaudesert.[4] The line opened on 16 May 1888.[5] When the railway line to Beaudesert was built in 1888, the station in the area was called Cedar Pocket.[6]

Jimboomba Timber Reserve Provisional School opened circa 1899. In 1906 it was renamed Martindale Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Martindale State School. It was in the area of Gittins Road (now in Riverbend, approx 27.8340°S 152.9541°E / -27.8340; 152.9541 (Martindale State School)).[7] It closed in 1922.[8] The school building was then relocated to Cedar Grove (27.8622°S 152.9975°E / -27.8622; 152.9975 (Cedar Grove State School)),[9] where it opened as Cedar Grove State School in 1923. It closed in 1965.[10]

Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, Cedar Grove became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.

In the 2011 census, Cedar Grove had a population of 2,020.[11]

In the 2016 census Cedar Grove had a population of 2,041 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cedar Grove (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Cedar Grove – locality in City of Logan (entry 45257)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Cedar Grove – railway station in Logan City (entry 6750)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
  6. "Cedar Grove". Suburbs. Logan City Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. "Jimboomba". Logan City Council. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. "Flinders" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. "Agency ID 6292, Cedar Grove State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  11. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cedar Grove (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
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