Hannaford is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Western Downs Region Western Downs Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 in June 2018, it is over 228 ti ...

Queensland ) , 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 , establishe ...

, Australia. In the Hannaford had a population of 118 people.

Geography

Hannaford is flat land used for agriculture. The

Surat Developmental Road The Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) is a sealed road in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (numbers 86A and 86B), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). Route descr ...

passes through the locality from east to west. The

Glenmorgan railway line The Glenmorgan Branch is a railway line in south west Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1908 and 1931. It was intended to reach Surat, Queensland, Surat but construction ceased during the Great Depression in Aus ...

also passes through the locality from east ( The Gums) to west (

Meandarra Meandarra is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Meandarra had a population of 262 people. Geography The town is located on Brigalow Creek, west of the state capital, Brisban ...

); Hannaford railway station () serves the locality.

History

Hannaford railway station was named on 14 July 1924 by the

Queensland 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 ...

taking the name of the parish, which in turn was named after pastoralist Samuel Hannaford, who leased the North Inglestone pastoral run. Hannaford Provisional School opened on 4 March 1929 but closed on 29 August 1930. It reopened on 17 March 1947 and became Hannaford State School in 1948. Hannaford Post Office opened around 1934. It remains open as a community postal agent.Hannaford Postcode
Australia Post In the Hannaford had a population of 118 people.

Education

Hannaford State School
is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Hannaford Road (). In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 9 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 23 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Hannaford. The nearest secondary school i
Tara Shire State College
in Tara to the east, but it is a considerable distance for a daily commute and other options would be

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

or boarding school.

References

External links

{{Western Downs Region Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland