Rolleston is a rural town and

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in the Central Highlands Region,

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Rolleston had a population of 309 people.

Geography

Rolleston is located on the

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, west of

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, 263 kilometres (163 mi) north of

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and northwest of

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Springsure Springsure is a town and a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Emerald on the Gregory Highway. It is the southern terminus of the Gregory Highway and the northern terminus of the Dawson Highway. It ...

, the nearest town, lies to the north-west. Rolleston is at the junction of the Carnarvon, Gregory and Dawson highways. There is a large

coal mine Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

west called the Rolleston coal mine.

History

Rolleston was built on

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land. '' Wadja'' (also known as ''Wadjigu'', ''Wadia'', ''Wadjainngo'', ''Mandalgu'', and ''Wadjigun)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language in

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. The language region includes the local government areas of the

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and Central Highlands Region, including the Blackdown Tablelands. the

, and the

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, and the towns of

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and Rolleston. The town is named after

Christopher Rolleston Christopher Rolleston (27 July 1817 – 9 April 1888) was an English-born colonial public servant in Australia. Rolleston was born 27 July 1817 in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Rev. John Rolleston and Elizabeth, . A prominent ...

, a pastoralist who was involved in leasing a number of pastoral runs in the area in the 1860s. Rolleston State School opened on 9 October 1871. Queensland's last legendary cattle thieves and bushrangers, the notorious Patrick and James Kenniff, frequently lived at Lethbridge Pocket, which is now within

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. It was here on

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, 30 March 1902, that they murdered Constable George Doyle and cattle station manager Albert Dahlke. All Saints Anglican Church was officially opened on Sunday 10 June 1934 by

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Fortescue Ash. Mining began at the Rollestone coal mine in October 2005 and is expected to last more than 20 years. In the , the locality of Rolleston had a population of 217 people. In the it had a population of 129 people., while in the , the locality's population was 309 people.

Education

Rolleston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 16 Warrijo Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 63 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Rolleston or nearby. The nearest government schools offering secondary education are Springsure State School (to Year 10) in

to the north-west and Emerald State High School (to Year 12) in Emerald to the north.

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and boarding schools are options.

Facilities

Emergency services available in Rolleston include: * Rolleston Police Station () * Rolleston Fire Station () * Rolleston

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Facility ()

Amenities

The

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operates a public library on Planet Street. There are two churches in Rolleston: * All Saints' Anglican Church, 2 Warrijo Street () * St Theresa's Catholic Church, 28 Orion Street ()

References

External links

Rolleston weather records

Queensland travel site
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