Morton Vale 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 ...

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, Australia. In the Morton Vale had a population of 143 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to west by Main Green Swamp Road, to east partly by Nangara Road and Lyne Road, and to the south partly by Lake Clarendon Road. Green Swamp is a wetland in the north-west of the locality (). The land is relatively flat, approximately above sea level. The land use is irrigated crop growing in the south-east of the locality with the rest of the locality mostly used for

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 locality is believed to be named after a local farmer George Morton who leased land in the area in 1904. Lake Clarendon Lower State School opened on 9 March 1914 but was renamed Morton Vale State School within a few months of opening. It closed on 11 December 1981. The school was at 10 Morton Vale School Road (). As at January 2021, the school building is still standing. In the Morton Vale had a population of 143 people.

Education

There are no schools in Morton Vale. 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 east, Glenore Grove State School in neighbouring Glenore Grove to the south-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 school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.

References

Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub