Highgrove, Queensland
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 Muntapa Tunnel, 2006 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 27°06′32″S 151°46′03″E / 27.1088°S 151.7675°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 28 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.065/km2 (2.76/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4352 | ||||||||||||
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Highgrove is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Highgrove had a population of 28 people.[1]
The ridgeline of the Great Dividing Range roughly bounds the locality to the north and east. The locality is within the Murray-Darling drainage basin within the catchment of the Condaimne River.[3]
The Oakey–Cooyar Road traverses the locality entering from the south-east (Evergreen) and exiting to the north (Nutgrove).[4]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing in the south of the locality.[5]
History
The Cooyar railway line opened from Oakey to Cooyar in 1913. The Muntapa Tunnel was a concrete railway tunnel located on the line passing through the Great Dividing Range at the north-western corner of the locality connecting it to neighbouring Nutgrove to the north.[6] The line closed through Highgrove on 1 May 1964.[7]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Highgrove had a population of 29 people.[8]
In the 2021 census, Highgrove had a population of 28 people.[1]
Heritage listings
Highgrove has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Muntapa Tunnel, Narko-Nutgrove Road from Highgrove to Nutgrove (27°04′33″S 151°44′53″E / 27.0758°S 151.7481°E)[6]
