Leslie Dam is a
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
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 Stanthor ...
,
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 , Leslie Dam had a population of 163 people.
Geography
The locality is on the
Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was general ...
, an area of extensive agriculture. The north-west of the locality features a mountain range with unnamed peaks rising to . In the north-east of the locality is Mount Steele at . The southern and central part of the locality are at lower elevations of under while the very northernmost part of the locality falls away to . Due to this geography Sandy Creek and its tributaries flow from the south of the locality merging into a single stream through the gap between the mountains of the north-east and Mount Steele and below to the northernmost part of the locality.
Leslie Dam
Leslie Dam is a dam in the locality of the same name Leslie Dam, Queensland, Leslie Dam, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is from Warwick, Queensland, Warwick town centre. Freshwater fishing and water sports facilities are avai ...
is built across that gap, forming
Lake Leslie as a water reservoir.
History
The locality takes its name from the dam, which in turn was named after the
Leslie family, who were pioneer pastoralists on the
Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was general ...
.
References
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland
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