Springdale is a rural
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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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 , Springdale had a population of 25 people.
History
The
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...
operated the State Arsenic Mine (also called the Jibbinbar Mine) () from 1919 to 1924. The motivation for establishing the mine was to obtain arsenic was to poison
prickly pear which was a highly invasive plant species in Queensland at that time. However, the prickly pear was eventually
biologically controlled by the introduction of the
Cactoblastis cactorum moth, removing the need for large supplies of arsenic, so the mine closed.
Jibbenbah State School opened on 22 June 1922 for the use of mining families and local farming families. It closed on 27 January 1925.
It was located at about north-west of the entrance to the mine entrance on Arsenic Mine Road.
References
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland
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