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Adavale is a rural town and
The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of Ernest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that Ada lost her hat veil where the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek.
Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville.
Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991.
Milo Station Provisional School opened circa 1888 and closed circa 1891. It reopened as Milo Provision School circa 1902 and closed circa 1905.
Adavale Provisional School opened on 8 October 1888. On 1 January 1909 it became Adavale State School. It closed on 31 December 1968. The school was on Nelson Street ().
From 1889 to 1930, Adavale was the seat of local government, initially called
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the Shire of Quilpie
The Shire of Quilpie is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie, Queensland, Quilpie.
The dominant industry is gra ...
, Queensland
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, established_ ...
, Australia. In the , the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.
Geography
Adavale is inSouth West Queensland
South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers . The region lies to the south of Central West Queensland and west of the Darling Downs and includes the Maranoa district and parts of the Channel Countr ...
, west of the state capital, Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
.
Between Adavale and Yaraka is Yapunyah waterhole.
The town is only accessible along a gravel road
A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. They are common in less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and the Unit ...
from Charleville Charleville can refer to:
Australia
* Charleville, Queensland, a town in Australia
**Charleville railway station, Queensland
France
* Charleville, Marne, a commune in Marne, France
*Charleville-Mézières, a commune in Ardennes, France
** ...
in the east, Quilpie
Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , Quilpie had a population of 595 people.
The town is the administrative centre of the Shire of Quilpie, Quilpie ...
in the south and Blackall
Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Blackall had a population of 1,416 people.
The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry ...
in the north.
History
The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of Ernest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that Ada lost her hat veil where the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek.
Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville.
Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991.
Milo Station Provisional School opened circa 1888 and closed circa 1891. It reopened as Milo Provision School circa 1902 and closed circa 1905.
Adavale Provisional School opened on 8 October 1888. On 1 January 1909 it became Adavale State School. It closed on 31 December 1968. The school was on Nelson Street ().
From 1889 to 1930, Adavale was the seat of local government, initially called Adavale Division
The Shire of Adavale is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Adavale. It existed from 1879 to 1930.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Murweh Division was created as one of 74 division ...
and later the Shire of Adavale
The Shire of Adavale is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Adavale. It existed from 1879 to 1930.
History
On 11 November 1879, the Murweh Division was created as one of 74 division ...
. The town was a thriving centre but, in 1917 the Western railway line did not come to the town as expected but passed further to the south where the new town of Quilpie was created along the railway line, and soon became the major town in the region while Adavale diminished. In 1930 it was decided that the seat of local government should move from Adavale to Quilpie and the Shire of Adavale was renamed the Shire of Quilpie
The Shire of Quilpie is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie, Queensland, Quilpie.
The dominant industry is gra ...
.
At the , Adavale and the surrounding area had a population of 141, with the town itself having an estimated population of around 15.
In the , the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.
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