Elbow Valley is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. It is on the border of New South Wales. In the , Elbow Valley had a population of 127 people.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the

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, which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827. Elbow Valley Provisional School opened on 17 July 1882 at Kirbys Crossing, later relocating to Cullendore Road, and then in 1905 relocating to its permanent site at 105 O'Deas Road (). On 1 January 1909, it became Elbow Valley State School. It closed in 1946. In 1952, the school building was relocated to the St George area. The Sacred Heart Catholic Church was officially opened on 10 June 1906 by the Reverend M. M. Potter. It was at 27 Church Lane (approx ). It closed in 1982 and is now used as a house. It is listed on the Southern Downs Local Heritage Register. Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923. This school described as from

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was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road () and the Westmoor pastoral property, and may have been associated with the Westmore Cheese factory which opened in January 1914 and was from the school. It was a "tent school" and officially opened on 1 July 1916 by Francis Grayson, Member of the

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for

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, with food provided by the cheese factory. In June 1927, the

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called for tenders to remove the school building.

Demographics

In the , Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people. In the , Elbow Valley had a population of 127 people.

Education

There are no schools in Elbow Valley. The nearest government primary schools are Murrays Bridge State School in neighbouring Murrays Bridge to the north, Killarney State School in neighbouring Killarney to the north-east, and Dalveen State School in neighbouring

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to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Killarney State School (to Year 10),

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 ...

(to Year 12) in

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to the north, and Stanthorpe State High School (to Year 12) in

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to the south-west.

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