Lavelle, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°00′00″S 151°17′00″E / 28.0000°S 151.2833°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 27 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.330/km2 (3.44/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4357 | ||||||||||||
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Lavelle is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lavelle had a population of 27 people.[1]
Kooroongarra Road enters the locality from the north (Grays Gate) and exits to the south-west (Kooroongarra).[3]
The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.[4]
History
The locality was named after Martin Lavelle, a surveyor, who surveyed the Lavelle and surrounding areas in the 1880s.[2]
Lavelle Provisional School opened on 4 May 1926. On 29 January 1936, it became Lavelle State School. It closed on 31 December 1957.[5][6] It was on the western side of Kooroongarra Road (27°59′17″S 151°17′00″E / 27.9880°S 151.2834°E).[7][8]
