Silver Spur, Queensland

Silver Spur (also written as Silverspur) is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.[4] In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people.[1]

Silver Spur
Queensland
Silver Spur
Coordinates28.8636°S 151.2744°E / -28.8636; 151.2744
Population72 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.1946/km2 (0.504/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4385
Area370.0 km2 (142.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Silver Spur:
Limevale Greenup Warroo
Texas Silver Spur Glenlyon
Bonshaw (NSW) Bonshaw Glenlyon

History

Silverspur Provisional School opened on 27 May 1895. On 1 November 1912 it became Silverspur State School. It closed on 1960.[5] It was on the Stanthorpe Texas Road on the corner of Hilton Street (28.8629°S 151.2757°E / -28.8629; 151.2757 (Silverspur State School)).[6]

St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church was dedicated on 19 August 1932 by the Archbishop of Brisbane Gerald Sharp. It was on the Stanthorpe Texas Road.[7][8] It closed circa 1966.[9]

In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people.[1]

Facilities

There is a cemetery at the end of Spooners Road off Waverley Lane (28.8489°S 151.2484°E / -28.8489; 151.2484 (Silver Spur cemetery)) operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council.[4]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silver Spur (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Silver Spur – town in Goondiwindi Region (entry 30841)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Silver Spur – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "Town of Silver Spur" (Map). Queensland Government. 1925. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. "SILVERSPUR". The Brisbane Courier (23, 272). Queensland, Australia. 31 August 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Letters from Little Readers". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1932. p. 41. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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