Broadwater is a rural

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in the

Southern Downs Region The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of War ...

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, Australia. In the , Broadwater had a population of 321 people.

History

Broadwater Provisional School opened in 1902 and became Broadwater State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1922. In parallel, Broadwater Crossing Provisional School opened on 10 July 1905 and became Broadwaster Crossing State School on 1 January 1909. After the closure of Broadwater State School in 1922, in 1926 Broadwater Crossing State School was renamed Broadwater State School.

Demographics

In the , Broadwater had a population of 292 people. In the , Broadwater had a population of 321 people.

Road infrastructure

The

Stanthorpe – Texas Road Stanthorpe is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Stanthorpe had a population of 5,286 people. The area surrounding the town is known as th ...

runs through from east to west.

Amenities

The Broadwater branch of the

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has its hall at 626 Texas Road.

Education

Broadwater State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 636-638 Texas Road (corner of Caslick Lane, ). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 46 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalents) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalents). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 60 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland