Gindie

Gindie is a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Gindie
Queensland
Sudan grass in stook, State Farm, Gindie, circa 1933
Gindie
Coordinates23°46′09″S 148°07′53″E
Population209 (2016)[1]
Postcode(s)4702
LGA(s)Central Highlands Region
State electorate(s)Gregory
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Gindie:
The Gemfields Emerald Comet
Lochington Gindie Comet
Lochington Minerva Arcturus

Geography

The town of Fernlees is located in southern Gindie.[3][4]

History

The name Gindie means "much brigalow".[5]

Gindie Provisional School (also known as Gindie Siding Provisional School) opened 12 November 1897, becoming Gindie State School on 1 January 1909. The school closed in 1949 but later reopened.[6][7]

The Gindie State Farm was established In 1898 to experiment with growing new kinds of crops in the district such as sorghum, maize and pumpkins. The farm closed in 1932.[8]

Fernlees State School opened on 20 September 1951 and closed in 1953.[9]

In the 2011 census, Gindie had a population of 382 people.[1]

Education

Gindie State School is a government co-educational primary (P-7) school located on the Old Cullen-La-Ringo Road. In 2013, the school had an enrolment of 40 students in two classes, P-2 and 3-7, with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent).[10]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Gindie (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Gindie (entry 46952)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. "Fernlees - town in Central Highlands Region (entry 12307)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "SKETCHER". The Queenslander. 4 April 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 5 July 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. "Agency ID5237, Gindie State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  8. "Emerald Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  9. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  10. "2013 School Annual Report" (PDF). Gindie State School. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

Further reading
  • Gindie State School (Qld.). Centenary of Education Committee (1997), Our school on the black soil plain : an account of 100 years of education at Gindie State School, Central Queensland, The School, ISBN 978-0-7242-7817-6
  • Daniels Family Reunion & 100 years of Settlement at Gindie Committee. History Sub-committee (1996), Gindie, a place to call home : the Daniels family history including their emigration from London, their lives on the Darling Downs and 100 years of mixed farming on the Central Highlands, The Daniels Family Reunion & 100 Years of Settlement at Gindie Committee, ISBN 978-0-646-26622-0
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