Callide is a rural town and

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in the

Shire of Banana The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Callide had a population of 86 people.

Geography

The

Dawson Highway The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates. From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west f ...

enters the locality from the east ( Dumgree) and exits to the south-east ( Mount Murchison); it does not pass through or near the town. The

Moura railway line The Moura railway line is a railway in central Queensland, connecting several coal mines to the port of Gladstone. It connects the remnants of several lines that previously connected to Rockhampton, originally by a rack railway. History The Daw ...

enters the locality from the west ( Jambin), passes through the town, and exits the locality to the south (

Dakenba Dakenba is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dakenba had a population of 116 people. Geography The Moura railway line The Moura railway line is a railway in central Queensland, connecting several co ...

). Historically, the town was served by the Callide railway station (), but it is now abandoned. The town of Callide is the south-west of the locality on the boundary with Jambin near the railway station. It has had little development. The land use is a mix of crop growing and

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation.

History

The town takes its name from the creek and pastoral run, originally used by pioneer pastoralist Charles Archer in 1853, who possibly intended to use the Greek word "kalos" meaning good, as a description of the country, which was corrupted to "Calleide" on a later survey. Callide Provisional School opened on 24 November 1925. On 1 June 1927, it became Callide State School. It closed in 1971. It was on Callide Road (). Although it is within the town of Callide, it is within the present-day boundaries of the neighbouring locality of Jambin. Callide Bridge State School opened 10 June 1929, but had a number of name changes in 1929 including Melton and Raeworth before becoming Raedon State School. It closed in 1959. It was at 11 Teys Road (), now within

Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Banan ...

but on the locality boundary with

. In the , the locality of Callide had a population of 86 people.

Education

There are no schools in Callide. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Murchison State School in neighbouring Mount Murchison to the south-east and Biloela State School in

to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela.

References

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