Glenlyon is a rural
locality
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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 , Glenlyon had a population of 24 people.
Geography
Lake Glenlyon is a long thin north–south lake in the middle of the locality; it was created by impounding Pike Creek with the
Glenlyon Dam
Glenlyon Dam, also known as Pike Creek Reservoir, is an earth and rockfill dam in Queensland near the border with New South Wales, roughly between Stanthorpe and Texas to the west. In 1976, the dam wall was built on Pike Creek, a tributary of th ...
.
It is also known as the Pike Creek Reservoir.
Road infrastructure
The
Stanthorpe – Texas Road
Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stanthorpe had a population of 5,406 people.
The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt.
Geography
Stanthorpe lies on the New ...
runs through from north to west.
History
The locality's name is derived from Glenlyon pastoral run taken up in 1844 by Alexander McLeod. The run can be seen on an 1883 Darling Downs Run Map on Pikes Creek, south of Pikes Creek run.
[ In 1996 Scott McLeod Walker, a great grandson of Alexander McLeod, privately wrote and published a book entitled ''Glenlyon Connections''. The book contains a history of the pastoral run and of some of the families who owned it.][Scott McLeod Walker: ''Glenlyon Connections'': : published 1996]
References
External links
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland
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