Eidsvold West is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

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, Australia. In the , Eidsvold West had a population of 85 people.

Geography

As the name suggests, the locality is west of the town of Eidsvold. There are two mountains in the south-east of the locality: * Mount Target () * Quaggy Mountain () The

Eidsvold–Theodore Road Eidsvold–Theodore Road is a continuous road route in the North Burnett Region, North Burnett and Shire of Banana, Banana regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 73. It is a state-controlled district road ...

(State Route 73) runs through the locality from east (Eidsvold) to west ( Cracow). There are several state forests with the locality. Apart from these, the land use is almost entirely

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on native vegetation.

History

The name Eidsvold is the name of the pastoral run operated in 1847-48 by Thomas Archer and David Archer, using the name of the town in Norway where the

Norwegian constitution The 'Constitution of Norway'' (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: ; Norwegian Bokmål: ; Norwegian Nynorsk: ) was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. ...

was signed in 1814. Although originally from Scotland, the Archer family immigrated to Norway prior to immigrating to Queensland.

Demographics

In the , Eidsvold West had a population of 68 people. In the , Eidsvold West had a population of 85 people.

Education

There are no schools in Eidsvold West. The nearest government primary and secondary school (to Year 12) is Eidsvold State School in Eidsvold to the east. However, the western parts of the locality might be too distant for a daily commute and other options would be

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and boarding school.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland