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Crawford is a
Crawford State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 215-227 Siefert Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 36 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
There are no secondary schools in Crawford. The nearest government secondary school is Kingaroy State High School in neighbouring
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
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in the South Burnett Region
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
Origins
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in ...
, Queensland
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, 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.
History
The locality takes its name from the Crawford railway station named byQueensland Railways Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
in 1904, named after engineer Hugh Ralston Crawford
Hugh Ralston Crawford (1876–1954), practiced both as an engineer and architect in Australia and the United States in the first half of the 20th century.
Biography
Crawford was born in the United States in 1876, and moved to Queensland, Austr ...
who supervised the construction of the Wondai-Kingaroy railway.
Logboy Provisional School opened on 22 April 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Logboy State School. In 1911, it was renamed Crawford State School.
Crawford Methodist Church was built in 1915. It could seat 100 people and was built at a cost of £300. It is no longer extant.
In the , Crawford had a population of 142 people.
Education
Crawford State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 215-227 Siefert Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 36 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
There are no secondary schools in Crawford. The nearest government secondary school is Kingaroy State High School in neighbouring Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...
to the south-east.
References
External links
{{South Burnett Region South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland