Glenore Grove, Queensland

Glenore Grove
Queensland
Glenore Grove
Coordinates 27°31′18″S 152°24′32″E / 27.5216°S 152.4088°E / -27.5216; 152.4088Coordinates: 27°31′18″S 152°24′32″E / 27.5216°S 152.4088°E / -27.5216; 152.4088
Postcode(s) 4342
Area 31.0 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
LGA(s) Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s) Lockyer
Federal Division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Glenore Grove:
Morton Vale Kentville Lockrose
Lake Clarendon Glenore Grove Regency Downs
Crowley Vale Forest Hill Plainland

Glenore Grove is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

The Lockyer Creek forms part of the locality's western boundary. Its tributary Laidley Creek forms part of the locality's southwestern boundary with their confluence within the locality with Lockyer Creek exiting to the north-east of the locality, ultimately becoming a tributary of the Brisbane River which flows into Moreton Bay.[2]

The locality is mostly flat freehold land (approx 70 metres above sea level) used for farming, mostly growing vegetables such as onions, beetroots, broccoli and pumpkin.[2][3][4]

The Forest Hill Fernvale Road passes through the locality from south-west to northeast.[2]

History

Glenore Grove State School opened on 22 January 1906.[5]

Glenore Grove was severely flooded during the 2011 Queensland floods with Lockyer Creek rising to 16 metres and again in the 2013 Queensland floods with helicopters needed to evacuate people from cut-off areas and rooftops.[6][7]

Education

Glenore Grove State School is a coeducational government primary school (P-6) at 3 Brightview Road. In 2016, the school had an enrollment of 125 students with 10 teachers (7 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Glenore Grove - locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44956)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Gould, Joel (4 March 2015). "Mayor says if you want safe food, grow it in Lockyer Valley". Queensland Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Our History". Qualipac. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Flood crisis hits Lockyer Valley". ABC News. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Chanson, Hubert (2011-01-01), The 2010-2011 Floods in Queensland (Australia): Photographic Observations, Comments and Personal Experience, The University of Queensland, pp. 35–36, retrieved 31 July 2017
  8. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Glenore Grove State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

Further reading

  • Farr, Greg, ed. (2006), Glenore Grove School & Community 1906-2006, Glenore Grove Centenary Committee
  • "Glenore Grove". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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