Cherry Gully is a rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people.
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History
The locality takes its name from a local gully name. There are a number of stories about the name of the gully. One story is that in mid-nineteenth century a cask of sherry fell from a wagon into the gully, with the word ''sherry'' being corrupted later to ''cherry''.[ In another story, carriers stopped at the gully and drank sherry from the cargo to excess and again the word ''sherry'' was corrupted to ''cherry''. The other story is that the gully has many wild cherry trees.
Cherry Gully Provisional School opened in 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Cherry Gully State School. It closed circa 1916.]
Demographics
In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 9 people.
Education
There are no schools in Cherry Gully. The nearest government primary school is Dalveen State School in neighbouring Dalveen to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Warwick State High School
Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Techn ...
in Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
to the north.
References
{{Southern Downs Region
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland