Rosalie Plains, Queensland

Coordinates: 27°13′22″S 151°42′54″E / 27.2227°S 151.715°E / -27.2227; 151.715 (Rosalie Plains (centre of locality))
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Rosalie Plains
Queensland
Rosalie Plains is located in Queensland
Rosalie Plains
Rosalie Plains
Coordinates27°13′22″S 151°42′54″E / 27.2227°S 151.715°E / -27.2227; 151.715 (Rosalie Plains (centre of locality))
Population54 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4401
Area38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Rosalie Plains:
Kulpi Kulpi Mount Darry
Brymaroo Rosalie Plains Highland Plains
Brymaroo Balgowan Highland Plains

Rosalie Plains is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.[3]

Geography[edit]

The Pechey-Maclagan Road enters the locality from the south (Balgowan), travels north and then west through the locality, exiting to the west (Brymaroo). The Oakey–Cooyar Road enters the locality from the north (Kulpi), intersects with Pechey-Maclagan Road and continues south on the same route as the Pechey-Maclagan Road to Balgowan.[4]

The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation.[4]

History[edit]

The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run that was held by Robert Ramsay in the late 1840s.[2]

In 1877, 11,500 acres (4,700 ha) were resumed from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.[5]

Ashlea Provisional School opened on January 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ashlea State School, being renamed Rosalie Plains State School in 1916. It closed circa 1944.[6] It was on the eastern side of Old Rosalie School Road (27°12′15″S 151°39′42″E / 27.20427°S 151.66179°E / -27.20427; 151.66179 (Rosalie Plains State School (former))).[7] Despite the name, the school was in the present-day locality of neighbouring Brymaroo.[8]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2016 census, Rosalie Plains had a population of 44 people.[9]

In the 2021 census, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.[3]

Education[edit]

There are no schools in Rosalie Plains. The nearest government primary school is Kulpi State School in neighbouring Kulpi to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10) in Quinalow to the north-west and Oakey State High School (to Year 12) in Oakey.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rosalie Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Rosalie Plains – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48054)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rosalie Plains (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ^ "Parish of Rosalie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rosalie Plains (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.