Kleinton, Queensland

Kleinton is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Kleinton had a population of 1,617 people.[1]

Kleinton
Queensland
Charmaine Court, 2014
Kleinton
Coordinates27.4188°S 151.955°E / -27.4188; 151.955
Population1,617 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density113.9/km2 (294.9/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4352
Area14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Kleinton:
Groomsville Groomsville Geham
Meringandan Kleinton Cabarlah
Meringandan Highfields Cabarlah

Geography

Kleinton is on the Darling Downs.[3]

The area contains three bands of separate land use types. In the south rural residential blocks have been established as an extension of the urban sprawl of Highfields to the south. The central area remain vegetated and undeveloped. The northern boundary is aligned with the southern extent of Cooby Dam. This area remains undeveloped but has been cleared of vegetation.[4]

History
Kleinton State School, 1910

The locality was named after early selector Michael Klein who was shot dead at Highfields in February 1870 by James Alexander Herlich following a dispute.[2][5][6]

The Crows Nest railway line, which operated between 1883 and 1961, had a stop at Kleinton.

Kleinton State School opened on 20 February 1911 on land donated by the Brazier family who owned the local brickworks. The school closed on December 1970.[7] In 1975 the Amaroo Environmental Education Centre opened in the former school building.[8]


Education

Amaroo Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 90 Kleinton School Road (27.4249°S 151.9453°E / -27.4249; 151.9453 (Amaroo Environmental Education Centre)).[9][10]

There are no primary or secondary schools in Kleinton. The nearest primary schools are in Highfields, Meringandan West, and Geham. The nearest secondary school is in Highfields.[11]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kleinton (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Kleinton – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49692)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. "Wilful Murder". The Toowoomba Chronicle And Queensland Advertiser (640). Queensland, Australia. 16 February 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Echoes of the Past". Darling Downs Gazette (9044). Queensland, Australia. 17 April 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. "Amaroo Environmental Education Centre: History". Department of Education, Training and Employment. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  9. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. "Amaroo Environmental Education Centre". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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