Colinton is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Colinton had a population of 75 people.

Geography

Colinton lies within the water catchment area of Emu Creek, a tributary of the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the G ...

. The creek marks a portion of both the southern and western boundary and the Brisbane River is aligned with the eastern boundary. The

D'Aguilar Highway The D'Aguilar Highway is a two-lane highway linking the Bruce Highway near Caboolture with Kingaroy in the state of Queensland, Australia. Major towns along the route include Woodford, Kilcoy, Blackbutt, Yarraman, Nanango and Kingaroy. Th ...

passes through the east where the

Brisbane Valley railway line The Brisbane Valley railway line was a railway connection in Queensland, Australia connecting Ipswich, west of Brisbane, to the upper Brisbane River valley. Progressively opened between 1884 and 1913, the railway provided a vital transport link ...

also once passed. Benarkin State Forest roughly covers the western third of Colinton. Colinton has the following mountains: * Glenhowden Mountain in the east of the locality (), rising to * Mount Calabash in the south of the locality (), rising to

History

StateLibQld 2 46259 House at Colinton Station, Queensland, 1904

StateLibQld 2 47760 Advertisement for the sale of the Colinton Estate, Colinton, ca

The district takes its name from the pastoral run owned by the Balfour family which was in turn named for their home town in

Colinton Colinton ( gd, Baile Cholgain) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated south-west of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the nort ...

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. In 1877, were resumed from the Colinton pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877. Colinton Provisional School opened in 1879 but closed in early 1880. It reopened in 1906 and on 1 January 1909 became Colinton State School. It closed in 1969. It was on Emu Creek Road (). On 22 November 1910, the

opened its fifth stage from Toogoolawah to Linville via Colinton, which was served by the Nurinda railway station (). The Brisbane Valley railway ceased operations in 1993. The Colinton War Memorial was unveiled outside the School of Arts on 18 January 1917 by

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for Stanley,

Henry Plantagenet Somerset Henry Plantagenet Somerset (19 May 1852 – 11 April 1936) was a pioneer pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. Somerset was a liberal politician who represented the district of Stanley in the Queensland Legislative Assembly fr ...

. The 1974 flood of the Brisbane River did not affect the Colinton War Memorial, but resulted in changes to the highway. As part of these changes, the

Esk Shire Council The Shire of Esk was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about west - northwest of Brisbane. It stretched from the Lockyer Valley north and west to the Great Dividing Range and up the valley of the Brisbane Rive ...

relocated the war memorial to its current position in the road reserve at the corner of Emu Creek Road and the D'Aguilar Highway. In the , Colinton was included within the neighbouring locality of

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, which together had a population of 315 people. In the , Colinton had a population of 75 people. On 1 February 2018, Colinton's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314.

Heritage listings

Colinton has the following heritage-listed sites: * corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Emu Creek Road (): Colinton War Memorial

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Colinton Goat Farm () * Colinton Station () * Glenhowden () * Glenlands () * Greenfields () * Kanangra () * Kilkenny () * Kokopelli () * Sarner Alp () * Silver Dale () * Ups N Downs () * Valley View ()

Education

There are no schools in Colinton. The nearest government primary schools are Harlin State School in neighbouring Harlin to the east and Linville State School in Linville to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Yarraman State School (to Year 10 only) in Yarraman to the north-west. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south and Nanango State High School in

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the j ...

to the north-west.

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History

Heritage listings

Economy

Education

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