Anderleigh, Queensland
Anderleigh | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Anderleigh | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Anderleigh | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 26°00′45″S 152°40′46″E / 26.0125°S 152.6794°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 47.8 km2 (18.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 128 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.678/km2 (6.94/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4570 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Anderleigh is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Anderleigh had a population of 128 people.[1]
Geography
Anderleigh Road commences at the Bruce Highway in Gunalda and proceeds east through Gunalda until it enters the locality of Anderleigh from the west and travels roughly west to east through Anderleigh, terminating on the eastern boundary of the locality with Downsfield to the east.[3]
The south-west of the locality is within the Curra State Forest which extends into neighbouring Curra to the south-west.[4] Black Knob is a mountain in the south-west of the locality in the Curra State Forest (26°01′54″S 152°40′08″E / 26.0316°S 152.6688°E) rising to 296 metres (971 ft) above sea level.[5][6]
Apart from this protected area, the land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with irrigated crop growing and horticulture.[7]
History
Brookleigh Provisional School opened on 10 July 1895. In 1899, it was renamed Anderleigh Provisional School. It became Anderleigh State School in 1909. It closed on 24 July 1960. It was on the land of present-day 1310 Anderleigh Road opposite the present-day rural fire station (approx 26°00′03″S 152°40′46″E / 26.0008°S 152.6795°E).[8][9][10]
Anderleigh Public Hall was erected opposite the school circa 1918 near the present-day rural fire station (approx 25°59′59″S 152°40′49″E / 25.9998°S 152.6802°E).[11][12] It is no longer extant.[13]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Anderleigh was included with neighbouring Kia Ora and together had a population of 501 people.[14]
In the 2016 census, Anderleigh had a population of 90 people.[15]
In the 2021 census, Anderleigh had a population of 128 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Anderleigh. The nearest government primary schools are Kia-Ora State School in Kia Ora to the east, Gunalda State School in neighbouring Gundalda to the west, and Chatsworth State School in Chatsworth to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Gympie State High School and James Nash State High School, both in Gympie to the south.[16]
References
- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Anderleigh (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "Anderleigh – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46299)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ↑ "Black Knob – mountain in Gympie Region (entry 2875)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Agency ID 5956, Anderleigh State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ Green, Daniel W (2020), The history of education in the Gympie region : 1867 - 2020, School Archive Australia, p. 32, retrieved 31 March 2026
- ↑ "Gympie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ↑ "NEE[?]DIE DISTRICT". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 14, 143. Queensland, Australia. 20 September 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Gympie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rural community and memorial halls". Gympie Regional Memories. Gympie Regional Libraries. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kia Ora (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Anderleigh (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2024.