Leslie, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°10′21″S 151°55′00″E / 28.1725°S 151.9166°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 12 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.19/km2 (3.08/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4370 | ||||||||||||
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Leslie is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Leslie had a population of 12 people.[1]
The Condamine River forms the northern boundary of the locality and the Cunningham Highway forms most of the southern boundary.[3]
The South Western railway line enters the locality from the south (Leslie Dam) and exits to the west (Wheatvale).[3] Historically, the locality was served by the now-abandoned Leslie railway station (28°10′32″S 151°55′20″E / 28.1755°S 151.9221°E).[4]
The land use is crop growing in the east of the locality with grazing on native vegetation in the centre and west of the locality.[3]
History
The locality was officially named and bounded on 14 September 2001. The name comes from the former Leslie railway station which was named after Patrick Leslie,[5] a pioneer pastoralist on the Darling Downs.[2][6]
