Lavelle, Queensland

Lavelle is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Lavelle had a population of 29 people.[1]

Lavelle
Queensland
Lavelle
Coordinates28.0000°S 151.2833°E / -28.0000; 151.2833 (Lavelle (centre of locality))
Population29 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.429/km2 (3.70/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4357
Area20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Lavelle:
Clontarf Grays Gate Grays Gate
Clontarf Lavelle Rocky Creek
Kooroongarra Mount Emlyn Mount Emlyn

History

The locality was named after Martin Lavelle, a surveyor, who surveyed the Lavelle and surrounding areas in the 1880s.[2]

Lavelle Provisional School opened on 4 May 1926. On 29 January 1936 it became Lavelle State School. It closed on 31 December 1957.[3] It was on Kooroongarra Road at approx 27.9880°S 151.2834°E / -27.9880; 151.2834 (Lavelle State School (former)).[4][5]

In the 2016 census Lavelle had a population of 29 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lavelle (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Lavelle – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47988)". 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 Gore County of Merivale" (Map). Queensland Government. 1940. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 10 January 2021.


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