Cherry Gully 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 , Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people.

History

The locality takes its name from a local gully name. There are a number of stories about the name of the gully. One story is that in mid-nineteenth century a cask of sherry fell from a wagon into the gully, with the word ''sherry'' being corrupted later to ''cherry''. In another story, carriers stopped at the gully and drank sherry from the cargo to excess and again the word ''sherry'' was corrupted to ''cherry''. The other story is that the gully has many wild cherry trees. Cherry Gully Provisional School opened in 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Cherry Gully State School. It closed circa 1916. It was on Old Stanthorpe Road (), now within the neighbouring locality of

Dalveen Dalveen is a town and a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , the locality of Dalveen had a population of 369 people. Geography The town is located in the south of the locality. Th ...

to the south-west.

Demographics

In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 9 people. In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cherry Gully. The nearest government primary school is Dalveen State School in neighbouring Dalveen to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is

Warwick State High School Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 15 Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Te ...

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

to the north.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland