Ramsay is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Ramsay had a population of 369 people.

Geography

The

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...

passes through Ramsay, entering from the north from Preston and exiting to the south-east ( Budgee / West Haldon). The terrain to the east of the range is mountainous with the following named peaks: * Darling Point () * Hay Peak () * Mount Allen () * Mount Boodgee () * Mount Neale () * Mount Prosper () * Paddy Point () * Prosperity Point () Within the locality, the range is a

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with the creeks that rise to the east of the range contributing to the

North East Coast drainage basin The north-east coast drainage division or north-east coast basin is the area of Queensland between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Torres Strait and an arbitrary line drawn along the Queensland - New South Wales bo ...

which enter the

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, while the creeks that rise to the west of the range are ultimately tributaries of the

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...

, part of the Murray Darling drainage basin. The terrain in the locality to the west of the range is still hilly but overall flatter and lower (down to above sea level). The land use in the east of the locality is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation, while the land use in the west of the locality is a mix of grazing and crop growing, the latter generally occurring closer to the creeks.

History

The locality is named after Robert Ramsay, a pastoralist and politician. He was one of the owners of Eton Vale station and leased the Rosalie Plains pastoral run. He was a member of both the

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and the

Queensland Legislative Council Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, ...

. Ramsay State School opened on 3 October 1881.

Demographics

In the , Ramsay had a population of 310 people. In the , Ramsay had a population of 348 people. In the , Ramsay had a population of 369 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including: * Alpine Grange () * Alpine Grange () * Arinya () * Laughma () * Mount Prosper () * Mountain View () * Orourkes House () * Venvale ()

Education

Ramsay State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 173 Ramsay School Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 46 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Ramsay. The nearest government secondary schools are

Centenary Heights State High School Centenary Heights State High School is a State High School located in the suburb of Centenary Heights in Toowoomba, Queensland, with an enrolment of around 1700 students (2020) and was one of Queensland's leading high schools with 11 OP's 1 ...

in Centenary Heights and

Harristown State High School Harristown State High School is a public high school located in Harristown, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was officially opened in 1955. The school currently has approximately 1700 students and is the largest on the Darling Downs. Some ...

in Harristown, both suburbs of

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...

to the north, and Clifton State High School in Clifton to the south.

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