Ebenezer, Queensland
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.jpg) Ebenezer landscape, 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 27°40′41″S 152°36′55″E / 27.6780°S 152.6152°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| City | Ipswich | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 301 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 9.465/km2 (24.52/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4340 | ||||||||||||
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Ebenezer is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Ebenezer had a population of 301 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Bremer River and to north-east by the Yarrowlea-Jeebropilly railway line (a branch line off the Main Line railway).[3] Despite the name, Ebenezer railway station is off Coopers Road in neighbouring Jeebropilly (27°39′57″S 152°39′17″E / 27.6659°S 152.6546°E), just before the balloon loop at the end of the line.[4][5]
In the west of the locality is a former coal mine. The rehabilitation of the site has been controversial.[6]
Geiger Lagoon (27°39′37″S 152°37′45″E / 27.6602°S 152.6291°E) is a lake created from the 22-hectare (54-acre) site of the Jeebropilly West open-cut mine, which closed in 2001. The lagoon is named after the Geiger family, who were pioneer settlers from 1857 in the area.[7]
Keanes Lagoon is a waterhole (27°39′39″S 152°36′30″E / 27.6608°S 152.6083°E). It is named after the land owner John Richard Keane (1846-1927).[8]
Apart from this the land use is a mix of rural residential living (mostly around Ebenezer Road and Mount Forbes Road) and grazing on native vegetation.[3]
History
Seven Mile Creek State School opened on 2 November 1868. In 1888 it was renamed Ebenezer State School. It closed in 1957.[9][10] It was located at 354-356 Ebenezer Road (opposite the junction with Turnbull Road, 27°40′10″S 152°37′37″E / 27.66958°S 152.62701°E).[11]
The locality takes its name from the Ebenezer Wesleyan (later Methodist) Church which opened on Sunday 23 April 1871 at Seven Mile Creek.[12][13] Ebenezer is from a Hebrew word meaning rock of faith.[2] It was opposite the school at 1 Turnbull Road (corner of Ebenezer Road, 27°40′12″S 152°37′40″E / 27.6700°S 152.6277°E).[14] Now demolished, the church operated until at least 1942.[15][16]
