The Falls, Queensland

The Falls is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It borders New South Wales.[2]

The Falls
Queensland
The Falls
Coordinates28.3172°S 152.3947°E / -28.3172; 152.3947
Postcode(s)4373
Area63.3 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around The Falls:
Mount Colliery Mount Colliery The Head
Killarney The Falls Koreelah (NSW)
Legume (NSW) Legume (NSW) Koreelah (NSW)

History

The location presumably takes its name from the Queen Mary Falls on Spring Creek within the locality.[3]

Ferndale Provisional School opened on 9 November 1948. In 1953 it became The Falls State School in 1953. The school closed on 26 August 1974.[4] The school was located at 902 Spring Creek Road (28.3315°S 152.3885°E / -28.3315; 152.3885 (The Falls State School (former))).[5][6]

References
  1. "The Falls - locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45988)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. "Queen Mary Falls - waterfall in the Southern Downs Region (entry 27792)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  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. "Parish of Killarney map, sheet 2". Queensland Government. 1974. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 18 November 2019.


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