Biddeston, Queensland

Biddeston is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Biddeston had a population of 284 people.[1]

Biddeston
Toowoomba Region, Queensland
Fields along Oakey Biddleston Road, 2014
Biddeston
Coordinates27.5702°S 151.7155°E / -27.5702; 151.7155
Population284 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.848/km2 (9.967/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4401
Area73.8 km2 (28.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal Division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Biddeston:
Aubigny Oakey Kingsthorpe
Linthorpe Biddeston Wellcamp
Westbrook
Linthorpe Southbrook Athol

History
Biddeston State School opened in a tent, Queensland, 1919
The one-room school at Biddeston, circa 1921

Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940.[4][5]

A postal receiving office opened on 1 February 1882 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. During that time it was run by the Anderson family of Biddeston Farm, which is probably the origin of the district name. The post office closed on 5 January 1965.[2][6]

The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890.[2]

In 1880, a 10-acre block of land on the Oakey-Southbrook Road was aside for a school. However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson. It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent. Despite growing enrolment numbers, the Education Department would not enlarge the building apart from the addition of a verandah in 1927. It was not until 1954 that a second school room was built.[7][8] A pre-school was added in 1986.[4]

In the 2011 census, Biddeston had a population of 328 people.[9]

In the 2016 census, Biddeston had a population of 284 people.[1]

Education
Biddeston State School, 2014

Biddeston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2425 Cecil Plains Road (27.5541°S 151.6973°E / -27.5541; 151.6973 (Biddeston State School)).[10][11] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[12]

Events

The Biddeston Tractor Pull is an annual event in which restored and modified tractors compete to pull heavy loads.[13]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Biddeston (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Biddeston (town) (entry 2451)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. "Biddeston (locality) (entry 47890)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "School for Crosshill". Toowoomba Chronicle And Darling Downs General Advertiser (1464). Queensland, Australia. 11 March 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  7. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. "School history". Biddeston State School. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Biddeston (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  10. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. "Biddeston State School". Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  12. "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  13. "Tractors pull Biddeston crowd". Farm Online. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

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