Lockyer Waters is a rural

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in the

Lockyer Valley Region The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Gatton and the Shire of Laidl ...

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 , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Lockyer Waters had a population of 561 people.

Geography

Seven Mile Lagoon is a waterhole at . The land use is a mix of

rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block in New Zealand, or acreage living or rural residential in Australia) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held merely to ...

and agricultural use, predominantly

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.

History

The name ''Lockyer Waters'' was approved by Governor in Council 22 May 1992. The name was derived from

Lockyer Creek The Lockyer Creek is a creek located in South East Queensland, Australia. A tributary of the Brisbane River, the creek is a major drainage system in the Lockyer Valley. Rising on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the creek flows ...

, which was probably named by Allan Cunningham in July 1829, after Major

Edmund Lockyer Edmund Lockyer, (21 January 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier and explorer of Australia. Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was the son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army career as an ensign in t ...

Amenities

The Alex Geddes Memorial Hall on the corner of Markai Road and Topaz Crescent () is available for community events. A children's playground is located beside it. The Lockyer Waters Rural Fire Brigade is located at 17 Topaz Crescent ().

Education

There are no schools in Lockyer Waters. The nearest primary schools are Kentville State School in neighbouring

Kentville Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929. History Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis River ...

to the south-east,

Mount Tarampa State School Mount Tarampa State School is a heritage-listed state school at 9 Profkes Road, Mount Tarampa, Queensland, Mount Tarampa, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Works and built in 1906 by C Ri ...

in neighbouring Mount Tarampa to the east and

Lake Clarendon State School Lake Clarendon State School is a heritage-listed state school at 35 Lake Clarendon Road, Lake Clarendon, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1901 to 1902 by Patrick Fagan. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Reg ...

Lake Clarendon The Lake Clarendon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located off-stream in the locality of Lake Clarendon in the Lockyer Valley Region, South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for i ...

to the south-west. The nearest secondary schools are

Lowood State High School Lowood State High School is a high school located in Lowood, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1983, the school serves students in grades 7 to 12, with an enrolment of about 700, as of 2003. Notable persons *Tom Court, shotputter and int ...

Lowood Lowood is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Lowood had a population of 4,159 people. Geography The town is on the Brisbane River, west of the state capital, Brisbane, and north ...

to the east and Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.

References

{{Lockyer Valley Region Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland