Charlton is a rural
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, located west from the
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ...
city centre off the
Warrego Highway
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...
. In the , Charlton had a population of 120 people.
Geography
The
Western railway line marks the northern boundary of the locality, while the southern boundary roughly follows Dry Creek. The higher of the two peaks of Gowrie Mountain (674 metres above sea level) is in the far west of the locality while the second lower peak (630 metres above sea level) is in the neighbouring locality of
Gowrie Mountain.
The
Warrego Highway
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...
passes through Charlton, with an intersection of the following road segments in the locality. To the north-east the Warrego Highway is now part of the
Toowoomba Bypass
The Toowoomba Bypass, known as Toowoomba Second Range Crossing during planning and construction, is a grade separated, dual carriageway bypass and partial ring road constructed to the north and west of Toowoomba, Queensland. Construction comm ...
, while to the east is the former Warrego Highway alignment, now known as the
Toowoomba Connection Road
The Toowoomba Connection Road is a former section of the Warrego Highway that passes through the city of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. With the opening of the Toowoomba Bypass in 2019 the Warrego Highway was redirected to it, and the byp ...
(A21). To the south-west is the new portion of the
Gore Highway
The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as National ...
(part of the Toowoomba Bypass. To the north-west is the unchanged portion of the Warrego Highway.
History
Gowrie Estate Provisional School opened on 4 July 1898, becoming Gowrie Estate State School on 1 January 1909. In November 1915, it was renamed Charlton State School. It was located at 10834 Warrego Highway. As at 2010, it had an enrolment of 40 children, organised into two classes (Prep-Year 3 and Years 4–7) with 6 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). It closed on 31 December 2013.
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External links
{{Toowoomba Region
Suburbs of Toowoomba
Localities in Queensland