Ashwell is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Ashwell had a population of 97 people.

Geography

Kunkala is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality () near the Kunkala railway station () on the now-closed Marburg branch railway line.

History

The origin of the name Ashwell is from a town in the

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by the name of Ashwell. Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled Ashwell which he named after Ashwell,

. Ashwell State School opened on 8 November 1887. The name ''Kunkala'' may be an Aboriginal word for ''running fresh water.''

Demographics

At the Ashwell and nearby Lanefield recorded a population of 234. In the , Ashwell had a population of 85 people. In the , Ashwell had a population of 97 people.

Education

Ashwell State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 35 Reinke Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Ashwell. The nearest secondary school is Rosewood State High School in neighbouring

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to the south-east.

References

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