Deuchar 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
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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.
In the Deuchar had a population of 295 people.
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Geography
The Southern railway enters the suburb from the north (Hendon
Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Great ...
) and exits to the south ( Massie). The Warwick Allora Road also enters the locality from the north (Hendon, but to the east of the railway) and exits to the south (Massie, adjacent to the railway).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 and crop growing. The crops are mostly grown in the east of the locality.
History
The locality is named after pioneer stock breeder John Deuchar
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
who leased the Canal Creek pastoral run, managed the Rosenthal run, and was co-owner of Glengallan run from 1855 to 1870.[
Deuchar Provisional School opened on 14 March 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Deuchar State School. It was closed in 1921 due to low student number, but reopened in 1924. It closed permanently on 11 August 1967.]Southern railway line
The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The long line branches from the Western line at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick and Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Queensl ...
().
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:
References
{{Southern Downs Region
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland