Oakdale, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°12′00″S 151°54′46″E / 26.2000°S 151.9127°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 49 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.50/km2 (11.64/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4605 | ||||||||||||
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Oakdale is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Oakdale had a population of 49 people.[1]
The Murgon - Gayndah Road enters the locality from the north-west (Merlwood) and forms part of the north-western boundary of the locality, before passing through the locality, to become part of the southern boundary, before exiting to the south (Murgon).[3]
The land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing and some rural residential housing.[4]
History
The locality was officially named and bounded on 29 May 1998.[2]
Tenders to build a school at Oakdale were called in January 1916.[5][6] Oakdale State School opened on 10 August 1916. It closed about 30 September 1941.[7][8] It was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on the north-east corner of Gessler and Crownthorpe Roads (26°11′56″S 151°54′37″E / 26.1989°S 151.9102°E).[9][10]
