Grassdale is a rural
locality
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in the
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Grassdale had a population of 5 people.
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Geography
The land use is a mixture of 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 in the west of the locality and irrigated and dry crop growing in the east of the locality.
History
The locality was officially named and bounded on 25 February 2000.[
In the , Grassdale had a population of 4 people.]
Economy
In the centre of the locality is Grassdale Feedlot which processes over 70,000 cattle each year and claims to be Australia's largest feedlot
A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called conc ...
. It is operated by Mort & Co.
Education
There are no schools in Grassdale. The nearest government primary schools are Cecil Plains State School in neighbouring Cecil Plains to the south and Dalby State School in Dalby to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Cecil Plains State School (to Year 9) and Dalby State High School
Dalby State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 28B Nicholson Street, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1953 to 1954. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 19 August 2016.
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(to Year 12) in Dalby.
References
{{Toowoomba Region
Toowoomba Region
Localities in Queensland