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Biddeston is a rural town and
Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940.
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.
The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890.
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. A pre-school was added in 1986.
In the 2011 census, Biddeston had a population of 328 people.
Biddeston was the site of the Biddeston Murders that took place on 2 March 2015 when a grandfather killed his pregnant daughter and grandson.
In the the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.
Biddeston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2425 Cecil Plains Road (). 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). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 70 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary schools in Biddeston. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in neighbouring
locality
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in the Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.
History
Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940.
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.
The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890.
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. A pre-school was added in 1986.
In the 2011 census, Biddeston had a population of 328 people.
Biddeston was the site of the Biddeston Murders that took place on 2 March 2015 when a grandfather killed his pregnant daughter and grandson.
In the the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.
Road infrastructure
TheToowoomba–Cecil Plains Road
Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road is a continuous road route in the Toowoomba region of Queensland, Australia. Most of the road is not signed with any route number, but a short section near is part of State Route 82. Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Roa ...
runs through from east to west.
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Aberdeen () * Aughamore () * Bronte Park () * Burton () * Chelandry () * Croxley () * Egmont Park () * Enterprise () * Glen Bride () * Glen View () * Goldrush Lodge () * Hillview () * Kerrabee Park () * Lange () * Martrise () * Mayfield () * Parklands () * Rayhill () * Roxanna () * Silver Springs () * The Towers () * Wallaby Hill () * Windemere () * Ziebel ()Education
Biddeston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2425 Cecil Plains Road (). 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). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 70 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary schools in Biddeston. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in neighbouring Oakey
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport.
Geography
The town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region lo ...
to the north.
Events
The Biddeston Tractor Pull is an annual event in which restored and modified tractors compete to pull heavy loads.References
Further reading
*External links
* {{authority control Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland Towns in Queensland