Alsace, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 23°17′21″S 149°16′29″E / 23.2891°S 149.2747°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 350.7 km2 (135.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 11 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0314/km2 (0.081/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4702 | ||||||||||||
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Alsace is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Alsace had a population of 11 people.[1]
The land is at an elevation of approximately 150 metres (490 ft) and is principally used for grazing. A number of creek flow through the locality towards its south-east where in neighbouring Dingo, they become tributaries of Lorraine Creek, which flows into the Mackenzie River and then the Fitzroy River, which enters the Coral Sea to the south of Rockhampton.[3]
The Fitzroy Developmental Road forms the western boundary of the locality which has no internal roads.[3]
History
The locality is named after a pastoral property on the Leichhardt River. In the early 1870s, F.A. Brodie named two adjoining properties Alsace and Lorraine after the two regions Alsace and Lorraine in France that were lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.[4]
Alsace State School opened on 9 Aug 1977 and closed on 11 December 1987.[5]
