Beecher, Queensland

Beecher is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Beecher had a population of 863 people.[1]

Beecher
Queensland
Beecher
Coordinates23.9111°S 151.2047°E / -23.9111; 151.2047
Population863 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density45.66/km2 (118.3/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4680
Area18.9 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Gladstone
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Beecher:
West Stowe Byellee Kirkwood
West Stowe Beecher Kirkwood
Burua Burua Burua

Geography

The Calliope River forms the western boundary of the locality. Clyde Creek flows through the locality from the south towards the north-west where it flows into the Calliope River at the most north-western part of the locality. The residential and farming mainly occurs on the lower land (0–10 metres above sea level) surrounding the creek. The Dawson Highway and the Moura railway line also passes from north to south through the locality in this lower-lying area.[3]

The land in the east of the suburb is hillier (rising to 130 metres) and is protected as the Mount Maurice State Forest. Mount Beecher (156 metres) in the south-west of the locality, much of which is protected as the Beecher State Forest.[3]

History

Beecher is named after Mount Beecher, which was named in 1853 by surveyor Francis MacCabe apparently after Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. McCabe also named Mount Tom and Mount Stowe in the same area.[4]

Calliope River State School opened on 11 August 1874 and closed in December 1881. Calliope River Provisional School on 1 November 1882 and closed in 1893. Calliope River Provisional School opened in 1897 but closed in 1905. Calliope River State School opened on 27 May 1912, it was renamed Beecher State School in 1919, and closed on 4 July 1943.[5]

Education

There are no schools in Beecher. The locality is within the catchment of Clinton State School and Gladstone State High School.[3]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Beecher (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Beecher - locality in Gladstone Region (entry 46588)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. "Gladstone localities". Queensland Places. University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  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


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