Cranley is a rural

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in the Toowoomba Region,

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, Australia. In the Cranley had a population of 1,446 people.

Geography

Cranley is located north-west from the Toowoomba central business district. Its northern and eastern boundary approximately follow Gowrie Creek. Its western boundary is Boundary Road. Most of the land is small farms and very low-density rural residential. Exceptions to this are in the southern part of the locality and include the

Baillie Henderson Hospital Baillie Henderson Hospital is a heritage-listed rehabilitation and mental health facility in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Baillie Henderson Hospital is a public facility, owned and operated by Darling Downs Health, part of Queensland H ...

, which provides mental health services in the Darling Downs region, a waste water treatment plant, and the Palm Lake Resort retirement village. There are a number of closed railway stations through Cranley, all on the Southern and Western railway lines: * Pengarry railway station () * Wetalla railway station () at the intersection of Willims Road and Bedford Street *Cranley railway station ()

History

Cranley (formerly Bremmers Gate) on the railway line from Toowoomba to Warwick, 1897

Cranley railway station on the Southern railway line from Toowoomba to

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 ...

was established in the 1870s and named after James Cranley, a landholder and farmer in the district. James Cranley was a Toowoomba municipal councillor from 1864 to 1866. He was born in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

, Ireland around 1811 and died in Toowoomba on 3 July 1890. He immigrated to Moreton Bay with his family on the ''John Fielden'' in June 1853 and spent several years working at Corranga and

Jimbour Station Jimbour is a heritage-listed homestead on one of the earliest stations established on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, It is important in demonstrating the pattern of early European exploration and pastoral settlement in Queensland, ...

on the Darling Downs before settling in Toowoomba district around 1857. In the , Cranley had a population of 724 people. In the , Cranley had a population of 852 people. In the , Cranley had a population of 1,446 people. In 2016 construction began on the

Toowoomba Second Range Crossing 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 ...

, which was opened in 2019 as the new route for the Warrego Highway. An interchange has been built at the end of Mort Street to provide a new northern entry into central Toowoomba. Due to traffic being diverted from the inner city, it is likely that businesses will open around Cranley to cater for traffic using the bypass. This interchange enables traffic to change between the Warrego Highway and the New England Highway without entering the

Toowoomba CBD Toowoomba City is an urban locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the central suburb of Toowoomba, containing its central business district. In the , Toowoomba City had a population of 2,088 people. Geography The subu ...

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