Upper Glastonbury, Queensland
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Upper Glastonbury is a rural
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in the
Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and ...
,
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, Australia. In the , Upper Glastonbury had a population of 56 people.


Geography

Upper Glastonbury has the following mountains: * Mount Gentle Annie () * Mount Mittarula () * Mount Moorooreerai () * Mount Warrawee () The
Glastonbury National Park Glastonbury ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than across the River ...
is in two sections, one in the north-east of the locality and the other just east of centre. Connecting the two sections is the Marys Creek State Forest which occupies the east and south-east of the locality. The Glastonbury State Forest is in the north of the locality. Apart from the above protected areas, the land use is
grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...
on native vegetation.


History

Warrawee State School opened on 28 January 1936. It closed on 2 May 1975. It was at 821 Glastonbury Creek Road ().


Demographics

In the , Upper Glastonbury had a population of 49 people. In the , Upper Glastonbury had a population of 56 people.


Education

There are no schools in Upper Glastonbury. The nearest government primary schools are Widgee State School in neighbouring Widgee to the north-west and Gympie South State School in Southside to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is
James Nash State High School James Nash State High School is a coeducational public secondary school in Gympie, Queensland, established in 1977 and named after gold discoverer James Nash. The school serves over 1,200 students and maintains a focus on academic and extracurri ...
in
Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River ( ...
to the north-east. There are also non-government schools in Gympie and its suburbs.


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Further reading

* — includes other schools including Calico Creek, Lagoon Pocket, Pie Creek, Langshaw (Eel Creek), Mooloo (Mooloo Road), Warrawee, Glastonbury, Scrubby Creek, and Greendale {{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland