Bapaume, Queensland
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 Bapaume Post Office, 1974 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 28°34′31″S 151°50′27″E / 28.5752°S 151.8408°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 123 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 9.11/km2 (23.60/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4352 | ||||||||||||
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Bapaume is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Bapaume had a population of 123 people.[1]
Bapaume railway siding point was on the Southern railway line, but the siding is now dismantled (28°33′52″S 151°49′52″E / 28.5645°S 151.8312°E).[3]
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated horticulture, mostly temperate fruit orchards, including apples, pears, berries, and stonefruits.[4][5]
History
Bapaume takes its name from the Bapaume railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, after a World War I battlefield in France, involving the Australian Imperial Force. The area was opened as soldier settlements after 1919.[2]
Bapaume Provisional School opened on 28 January 1925. In 1948 it became Bapaume State School. It closed on 10 December 1982.[6] The school was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site at 843-853 Cannon Creek Road (28°34′35″S 151°50′43″E / 28.57637°S 151.84539°E).[7][8] As at December 2020, the school building was still on the site.[9]
