Massie, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°07′58″S 151°55′49″E / 28.1327°S 151.9302°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 53.3 km2 (20.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 113 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.120/km2 (5.491/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4370 | ||||||||||||
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Massie is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Massie had a population of 113 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the south by the Condamine River.[3]
The Warwick Allora Road enters to the locality from the south-east (Toolburra) and exits to the north (Deuchar).[3]
The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north (Deuchar) and runs immediately parallel and east of the Warwick Allora Road until it exits to the south-east (Toolburra). The locality was served by the Massie railway station (28°08′49″S 151°57′20″E / 28.1469°S 151.9556°E).[4][5][3]
The land use is crop growing and grazing on native vegetation.[3]
History
The locality was named after the Massie railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department after Robert George Massie, a pastoralist of South Toolburra, who was formerly a Commissioner of Crown Lands for MacLeay River District and later a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Pastoral districts of New England and MacLeay.[2][6][7][8][9]
Deuchar Provisional School opened on 14 March 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Deuchar State School. It was closed in 1921 due to low student numbers, but reopened in 1924. It closed permanently on 11 August 1967.[10] It was at 98 Millar Lane, on the south-east corner of Deuchar Bony Mountain Road, now within Massie (28°06′54″S 151°56′33″E / 28.11510°S 151.94239°E).[11][12][13]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Massie had a population of 91 people.[14]
In the 2021 census, Massie had a population of 113 people.[1]
