Turallin, Queensland
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Turallin is a town and a
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
Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...
,
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 , Turallin had a population of 65 people.


History

The town takes its name from a village in
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Pine Creek Provisional School opened on 4 September 1888. On 27 July 1904 it was renamed Turallin Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Turallin State School. It closed in 1960. It was at (present day) 606 Turallin Road (). In June 1911 tenders were called to erect an Anglican Church in Turallin. St Luke's Anglican church was dedicated on 20 October 1913 by the Archdeacon of Toowoomba,
Arthur Rivers Arthur Richard Rivers (1857–1940) was Dean of Hobart from 1920 to 1940. Early life Rivers was born in Teignmouth and educated at St John's College, Oxford. His younger brother was Richard Godfrey Rivers, an artist and gallery curator. ...
. Its last service was held on 26 July 1953.


Road infrastructure

The
Millmerran–Cecil Plains Road There are two state-controlled roads linking and in the Toowoomba region of Queensland, Australia. They are Millmerran–Cecil Plains Road, which runs to the west of the Condamine River, and Pampas–Horrane Road, which runs east of the rive ...
runs along the eastern boundary.


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Further reading

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External links


Town map of Turallin, 1947
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