Dalcouth is a

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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. It is on the border with

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. In the , Dalcouth had a population of 220 people.

Geography

The locality is loosely bounded by the

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to the north-east and east, which forms the border with New South Wales. Mount Koola is a mountain in the north-west of the locality () which rises to . ''Koola'' is an Aboriginal wod meaning ''

koala The koala (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only Extant taxon, extant representative of the Family (biology), family ''Phascolar ...

''.

History

Ten Mile Rock Provisional School opened on 27 July 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Ten Mile Rock State School. In 1915, it was renamed Dalcouth State School. It closed in 1964. It was at 182 Gentle Road (). During 2020 and 2021, the Queensland border was closed due to the

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. Some border crossing points had

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checkpoints to confirm eligibility to enter Queensland, while other border crossing points were closed. At Dalcouth, the border crossing on Amosfield Road to New South Wales () was only open to local people with no through traffic permitted.

Demographics

In the , Dalcouth had a population of 165 people. In the , Dalcouth had a population of 220 people.

Education

There are no schools in Dalcouth. The nearest government primary school is Stanthorpe State School and the nearest government secondary school is Stanthorpe State High School, both in neighbouring

Stanthorpe Stanthorpe is a rural town and 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 the Granite Belt. Geography Stant ...

to the west.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland