Aldershot, Queensland

Aldershot
Queensland
Aldershot
Coordinates 25°27′45″S 152°39′40″E / 25.4625°S 152.6610°E / -25.4625; 152.6610Coordinates: 25°27′45″S 152°39′40″E / 25.4625°S 152.6610°E / -25.4625; 152.6610
Postcode(s) 4650
Area 23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
LGA(s) Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s) Maryborough
Federal Division(s) Wide Bay
Localities around Aldershot:
Duckinwilla Walliebum Walliebum
Dunmora Aldershot Dundathu
Oakhurst
Maryborough West		 Maryborough St Helens
E. A. Weinberg, manager of the Aldershot works, 1895

Aldershot is a town and a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

History

The Queensland Smelting Company named the town after Aldershot in England.[1] The company was established in England in 1888 and in 1893 built a smelter in the area. The smelter operated until 1906, when it was relocated to North Queensland to be closer to the mining areas.[3]

Aldershot Post Office opened on 1 September 1892 and closed around 1920.[4]

A primary school opened in Aldershot in 1894.[5] It appears to have closed by 1911, when tenders were called to relocate the school buildings to Maryborough West and the teacher's residence to Gayndah.[6]

Economy

The major industry in Aldershot today is the Maryborough Correctional Centre located at Stein Road.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aldershot - town in Fraser Coast Region (entry 263)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Aldershot - locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 47501)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Aldershot". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 30 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 15 April 1911. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Contact Details". Queensland Corrective Services. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  • "Aldershot". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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