Airville, Queensland

Airville is a locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Airville
Queensland
Teacher Miss M.B. Gralow and students, Airdale School, 1908
Airville
Coordinates19.6322°S 147.3452°E / -19.6322; 147.3452
Postcode(s)4807
Area43.9 km2 (16.9 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Burdekin
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal Division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Airville:
Barratta Brandon Brandon
Mount Kelly Airville Mcdesme
Mount Kelly Osborne Home Hill

Geography

Airville is bounded on the south-east by the Burdekin River. It is flat low-lying land (about 10 metres above sea level) used predominantly for sugarcane plantations. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugar to the local sugar mills.[2]

History

Airdale Provisional School openedin the south-west of the locality on 2 September 1890, becoming Airdale State School on 1 January 1909. In 1926, it was renamed Airville State School.[3]

Maidavale State School opened in the north-east of the locality on 27 April 1910.[3]

Education

Airville State School is a primary (P-6) school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government at 920 Old Clare Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 23 students who come from the local rural community with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[4]

Maidavale State School is a primary (P-6) school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government on Maidavale Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 10 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[5]

References
  1. "Airville - locality in Shire of Burdekin (entry 44663)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Airville State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Maidavale State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

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