Westgrove is a rural

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in the Maranoa Region,

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 , Westgrove had a population of 4 people.

Geography

The

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...

bounds the locality to the west. Sardine Creek rises in the north of the locality and flows south and then east, exiting the locality to Upper Dawson where it becomes a tributary of the Dawson River. Most of the southern part of the locality is within the Forrest State Forest. Apart from this protected area, the surface land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation. There are gas fields belong the surface and gas is actively being extracted from within the locality.

History

The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run in the district which appears on the 1870s Gregory's Map of Queensland. Yellowbank Junction State School opened on 29 January 1991 and closed on 14 December 2001. It was probably associated with the development of the Yellowbank Gas Plant.

Demographics

In the , Westgrove had a population of 3 people. In the , Westgrove had a population of 4 people.

Education

There are no schools in Westgrove. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Injune State School (to Year 10) in

Injune Injune is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Injune had a population of 461 people. Geography Injune is a small town in South West Queensland. I ...

to the south. There are no nearby schools offering education to Year 12; the options are

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and boarding school.

References

Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub