Silverwood, Queensland

Silverwood is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Silverwood had a population of 38 people.[1]

Silverwood
Queensland
Silverwood
Coordinates28.3508°S 152.0072°E / -28.3508; 152.0072
Population38 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.494/km2 (1.280/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area76.9 km2 (29.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Silverwood:
Rosenthal Heights Rosenthal Heights Morgan Park
The Glen Silverwood Wildash
Dalveen Dalveen Cherry Gully

History

A railway camp was established to build the Big Tunnel (now known as the Cherry Gully Tunnel) on the Southern railway line.[3]

Big Tunnel Camp School opened on 4 August 1879 as a private school for children of railway workers before a teacher was supplied by the Department of Public Instruction in 1879. Approximately 60 children attended the school.[3] It closed in 1880.[4]

Heritage listings

Silverwood has a number of heritage sites, including:

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silverwood (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Silverwood – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45974)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. "BIG TUNNEL CAMP, STANTHORPE RAILWAY LINE". The Queenslander. XVII (233). Queensland, Australia. 31 January 1880. p. 134. Retrieved 25 November 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Cherry Gully Tunnel (entry 601517)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2013.


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