Thane is a rural town and

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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 Stanthor ...

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 , establishe ...

, Australia. In the , Thane had a population of 27 people.

Geography

The

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a national highway located in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 shie ...

traverses the locality from the south-east ( Greymare) to south-west ( Karara) passing through the town of Thane which is roughly central within the locality. The South Western railway line also traverses through the locality slightly to the north of the highway from Greymare to the town of Thane and then goes further north than the highway towards Karara before it exits slightly to the north of the highway. The town is served by the Thane railway station (). Thanes Creek (the watercourse) enters the locality from the south-west (Karara) and exits to the north-west (the locality of Thanes Creek). The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. There is some cropping along Thanes Creek (the watercourse) to the north of the town.

History

The town takes its name from the railway station named on 5 February 1904 after John Thane, a pioneer pastoralist of Ellangowan Run, who drowned in the

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne River, 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 k ...

in about 1843. Thane Provisional School opened on 27 March 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Thane State School. It closed on 2 May 1925. It was located between Thanes Creek Road and the Cunningham Highway (). On 27 July 1905 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 f ...

offered 22 town lots near the Thane railway station, then the terminus of the South Western railway line, ranging in size from . However, there were only five buyers. St John's Anglican Church opened circa 1909 and closed circa 1968. It was at 230 Thanes Creek Road (). The church was relocated to the Mile End Park, 177 Pratten Street in west

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

. On 26 September 1911 the Queensland Government tried to sell more of the town lots. In the , Thane had a population of 27 people.

Education

There are no schools in Thane. The nearest primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the south-west and Wheatvale State School in Wheatvale to the east. The nearest secondary schools are Allora State School (to Year 10 only) to Allora to the north-east and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in

to the south-east.

References

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland