Harlin is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Harlin had a population of 173 people.

Geography

Harlin is a small town in

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. The town is on the

Brisbane Valley Highway The Brisbane Valley Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It links the Warrego Highway near Ipswich and the D'Aguilar Highway about north of Harlin. Its direction follows the approximate course of the Brisbane River. It is par ...

and the Brisbane River, north-west of the state capital,

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History

The town was named after Charlotte (née Harlin), wife of John Dunn Moore of the Colinton pastoral property. Their son William John Harlin Moore was a

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. Harlin Post Office opened by September 1907 (a

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had been open from 1905) and closed in 1989. Harlin Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Harlin State School. The town was marooned during the 2011 floods. Over 40 travellers were stranded by the dangerous and rising flood waters of the Brisbane River and the Ivory and Maronghi Creeks. They were housed by the publicans and owners of the Harlin Hotel and the Caltex service station from 9 January 2011, until the flooded creeks and rivers subsided. At the , Harlin and the surrounding area had a population of 534. In the , the locality of Harlin had a population of 173 people. On 1 February 2018, Harlin's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314.

Heritage listings

Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Harlin Rail Bridge 2011

Harlin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * over Ivory (formerly Maronghi) Creek:

Harlin Rail Bridge Harlin Rail Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge (now ruins) over Ivory (formerly Maronghi) Creek at Harlin, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Railways and built in 1910 by Queensland Railways. It was ...

* Sinnamons Lane: Yimbun Railway Tunnel

Education

Harlin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Brisbane Valley Highway (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 65 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Harlin. The nearest government secondary schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south, Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the east, and Nanango State High School in

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...

to the north-west.

References

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland