Ellesmere, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°44′34″S 151°44′49″E / 26.7427°S 151.7469°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 48.2 km2 (18.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 334 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 6.929/km2 (17.95/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4610 | ||||||||||||
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Ellesmere is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Ellesmere had a population of 334 people.[1]
The western boundary of the locality loosely follow the Stuart Range.[3] Halys Round Mountain is in the south-west corner of the locality (26°46′29″S 151°41′30″E / 26.7748°S 151.6918°E) rising to 655 metres (2,149 ft) above sea level.[4][5][6]
Kumbia Road enters the locality from the east (Brooklands) and exits to the west (Alice Creek / Haly Creek).[7]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation, but there is also some crop growing and an area of rural residential housing in the north-east of the locality.[8]
History
The Stuart Range was named by surveyor James Charles Burnett after the explorer Henry Stuart Russell, who explored the area in 1842.[3]
In August 1913, local residents desired to establish a school.[9] In March 1915, the Queensland Government reserved 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land for a school.[10] In November 1915, tenders were called to erect a school building.[11] Ellesmere State School opened in May 1916.[12] In April 1922, the school was burned down and forced to close as the government would not agree to the temporary use of a farmer's barn as a school room; there were 46 children enrolled at this time.[13] In December 1922, the government allocated £613 to build a new school building.[14] It reopened on 16 July 1923. In 1961, it closed permanently.[15][16] It was at 938 Kumbia Road (north-east corner of Ellesmere Road, 26°44′25″S 151°43′18″E / 26.74038°S 151.72160°E).[17][18][19] As at November 2020, the school building was still extant on the site.[20]
In September 1922, 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land was reserved for a School of Arts.[21]
