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== History ==
== History ==
Grindstone Provisional School opened in 1907.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 December 1906 |title=PUBLIC WORKS |volume=LXIII |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |issue=15,261 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19499062 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On 1 January 1909, it became Grindstone State School. It closed in 1957.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> It was located on the north side of Grindstone School Road ({{Coord|-26.6191|152.0238|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Grindstone State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web|date=1955|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m79|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119092501/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|archive-date=19 January 2021|access-date=19 January 2021|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|type=Map}}</ref>
Grindstone Provisional School opened in 1907.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 December 1906 |title=PUBLIC WORKS |volume=LXIII |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |issue=15,261 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19499062 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910085257/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19499062 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 December 1906 |title=Advertising |volume=LXIII |page=8 |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |issue=15,266 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19474747 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910085259/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19474747 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=5 January 1907 |title=Public Works. |page=8 (SECOND EDITION) |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=10,650 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175281088 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910085258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175281088 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 January 1909, it became Grindstone State School. It closed in 1957.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> It was located on the north side of Grindstone School Road ({{Coord|-26.6191|152.0238|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Grindstone State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web|date=1955|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m79|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119092501/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|archive-date=19 January 2021|access-date=19 January 2021|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|type=Map}}</ref> The name may have been inspired a local waterhole in the shape of a [[grindstone]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 April 1909 |title=NANANGO PRIZE LETTER. |page=3 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |issue=11,239 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150561768 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910085258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150561768 |url-status=live }}</ref>


A sawmill opened near Grindstone in February 1912.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 February 1912 |title=THE TIMBER INDUSTRY |volume= |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Nanango News]] |issue=630 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article266384483 |accessdate=10 September 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910085258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/266384483 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Demographics==

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== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Glan Devon had a population of 248 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31147|name=Glan Devon (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Glan Devon had a population of 248 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31147|name=Glan Devon (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>


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Glan Devon
Queensland
Glan Devon is located in Queensland
Glan Devon
Glan Devon
Coordinates26°37′09″S 152°01′19″E / 26.6191°S 152.0219°E / -26.6191; 152.0219 (Glan Devon (centre of locality))
Population219 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density6.329/km2 (16.39/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4615
Area34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Glan Devon:
Booie Sandy Ridges Runnymede
Booie Glan Devon Bullcamp
Barker Creek Flat Nanango East Nanango

Glan Devon is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Glan Devon had a population of 219 people.[1]

Geography

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The locality is immediately north of the town of Nanango.[3]

Grindstone is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality (26°37′00″S 152°02′00″E / 26.6166°S 152.0333°E / -26.6166; 152.0333 (Grindstone (neighbourhood))).[4]

The Burnett Highway enters the locality from the north (Sandy Ridges) and exits to the south (Nanango).[3]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.[3]

History

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Grindstone Provisional School opened in 1907.[5][6][7] On 1 January 1909, it became Grindstone State School. It closed in 1957.[8] It was located on the north side of Grindstone School Road (26°37′09″S 152°01′26″E / 26.6191°S 152.0238°E / -26.6191; 152.0238 (Grindstone State School (former))).[9] The name may have been inspired a local waterhole in the shape of a grindstone.[10]

A sawmill opened near Grindstone in February 1912.[11]

Demographics

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In the 2016 census, Glan Devon had a population of 248 people.[12]

In the 2021 census, Glan Devon had a population of 219 people.[1]

Education

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There are no schools in Glan Devon. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Nanango State School and Nanango State High School, both in neighbouring Nanango to the south.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glan Devon (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Glan Devon – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46219)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Grindstone – locality unbounded in South Burnett Regional (entry 14900)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ "PUBLIC WORKS". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 261. Queensland, Australia. 10 December 1906. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 266. Queensland, Australia. 15 December 1906. p. 8. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Public Works". The Telegraph. No. 10, 650. Queensland, Australia. 5 January 1907. p. 8 (SECOND EDITION). Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m79" (Map). Queensland Government. 1955. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. ^ "NANANGO PRIZE LETTER". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 11, 239. Queensland, Australia. 9 April 1909. p. 3. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "THE TIMBER INDUSTRY". The Nanango News. No. 630. Queensland, Australia. 17 February 1912. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glan Devon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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