Cranley is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Cranley had a population of 2,281 people.

Geography

Cranley is located north-west from the

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central business district. Its northern and eastern boundary approximately follow Gowrie Creek. Its western boundary is Boundary Road. Most of the land is small farms and very low-density rural residential. Exceptions to this are in the southern part of the locality and include the Baillie Henderson Hospital, which provides mental health services in the

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region, a waste water treatment plant, and the Palm Lake Resort retirement village. There are a number of closed railway stations through Cranley, all on the Southern and Western railway lines: * Pengarry railway station () * Wetalla railway station () at the intersection of Willims Road and Bedford Street *Cranley railway station ()

History

Cranley railway station on the Southern railway line from Toowoomba to

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was established in the 1870s and named after James Cranley, a landholder and farmer in the district. James Cranley was a Toowoomba municipal councillor from 1864 to 1866. He was born in

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, Ireland around 1811 and died in Toowoomba on 3 July 1890. He immigrated to

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with his family on the ''John Fielden'' in June 1853 and spent several years working at Corranga and Jimbour Station on the Darling Downs before settling in Toowoomba district around 1857. In 2016 construction began on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing, which was opened in 2019 as the new route for the

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. An interchange has been built at the end of Mort Street to provide a new northern entry into central Toowoomba. Due to traffic being diverted from the inner city, it is likely that businesses will open around Cranley to cater for traffic using the bypass. This interchange enables traffic to change between the Warrego Highway and the

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without entering the Toowoomba CBD.

Demographics

In the , Cranley had a population of 724 people. In the , Cranley had a population of 852 people. In the , Cranley had a population of 1,446 people. In the , Cranley had a population of 2,281 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cranley. The nearest government primary schools are: * Rockville State School in neighbouring Rockville to the south-east * Fairview Heights State School in neighbouring Wilsonton to the south * Gowrie State School in neighbouring Gowrie Junction to the north-west * Harlaxton State School in neighbouring Harlaxton to the south-east The nearest government secondary schools are Wilsonton State High School in neighbouring Wilsonton Heights to the south and Toowoomba State High School in

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to the south-east.

Heritage listings

Heritage-listed sites in Cranley include: * Baillie Henderson Hospital, 1 Hogg Street ()

References

External links

* {{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Suburbs of Toowoomba Localities in Queensland