Silverwood is a rural

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 Stanthorpe. ...

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 , Silverwood had a population of 38 people.

Geography

Mount Silverwood is in the west of the locality () rising to above sea level.

Connolly Dam The Connolly Dam, also called the Silverwood Dam, is a rock-fill dam, rockfill embankment dam, embankment dam with an Spillway#Types, ungated spillway across the Rosenthall Creek and the Fitz Creek that is located in the locality of Silverwood, Q ...

is a reservoir in the centre of the locality (). Originally known as Silverwood Dam, it was renamed Connolly Dam after Dan Connolly, who was

Mayor of Warwick The City of Warwick was a local government area administering the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The City covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1861 until 1994, when it was dis ...

in 1910 and again from 1924 to 1932. The

Southern railway line The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The long line branches from the Western line at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick and Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Queensl ...

enters the locality from the north ( Morgan Park) and meanders south through the locality, passing through the Cherry Gully tunnel, before exiting to the south ( Dalveen). The locality is served by Silverwood railway station ().

History

A railway camp was established to build the Big Tunnel (now known as the Cherry Gully Tunnel) on the Southern railway line. Big Tunnel Camp School opened on 4 August 1879 as a private school for children of railway workers before a teacher was supplied by the Department of Public Instruction in 1879. Approximately 60 children attended the school. It closed in 1880.

Heritage listings

Silverwood has a number of heritage sites, including: *

Cherry Gully Tunnel Cherry Gully Tunnel is a heritage-listed railway tunnel on the Warwick - Stanthorpe Line, Silverwood, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1878 to 1880 by J & A Overend & Co. It is also known as Gorge Tunnel and Big ...

on the Southern railway line ()

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland