St Aubyn, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 27°04′28″S 151°54′20″E / 27.0744°S 151.9055°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 14.0 km2 (5.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 14 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.00/km2 (2.59/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4352 | ||||||||||||
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St Aubyn is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, St Aubyn had a population of 14 people.[1]
Most of the southern boundary of the locality follows Bum Bum Creek and its tributary Spring Creek.[3][4]
The New England Highway enters the locality from the south (Coalbank) and exits to the west (Thornville).[5]
High Camp is a mountain in the north of the locality (27°03′38″S 151°53′56″E / 27.0605°S 151.8988°E) which rises to 644 metres (2,113 ft) above sea level.[3]
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing.[6]
History
St John's Evangelican Lutheran Church opened on 4 January 1931.[7] It was on Schefe Road, then in Coalbank but now within St Aubyn (27°05′20″S 151°53′13″E / 27.0889°S 151.8870°E).[8] It was a timber church built in the Gothic style, 18 by 28 feet (5.5 by 8.5 m).[9] It closed in 1968 and the building was demolished.[10]
