Gordonstone, Queensland
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Gordonstone is a rural
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in the
Central Highlands Region Central Highlands Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. In the , the Central Highlands Region had a population of 27,836 people. History '' Wadja'' (also known as ''Wadjigu'', ''Wadya'', ''Wadjainngo'', ''Mandalgu'', a ...
,
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. In the , Gordonstone had a population of 32 people.


Geography

The locality is bounded by Theresa Creek to the west. The
Gregory Highway The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland. The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer. Route description The highway runs southward fro ...
enters the locality from the south (
Wyuna ''Wyuna'' is a former Port Phillip Maritime pilot, Pilot tender and Australian Maritime College training vessel. History The ship was built in 1953 by Ferguson Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow, Scotland for the Port Phillip Sea Pilots organisation ...
) and exits to the north (
Chirnside Chirnside is a hillside village in Berwickshire, Scotland, west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and east of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns. Church The parish church at Chirnside dates from the 12th century. It was substantially rebuilt in 1878 and ...
). The
Central Western railway line The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton and extends west to Winton. History Following the separation of Queensl ...
enters the locality from the south-west (Fork Lagoons) and exits to the north-west (
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/ Chirnside). Pelican Lagoon is a waterhole in the west of the locality (). The land use is a mix of cropping and
grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...
on native vegetation.


History

The name ''Gordonstone'' comes from the name of the pastoral run name, named in 1859 by pastoralist
Gordon Sandeman Gordon Sandeman (1810 – 14 March 1897) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Queensland Legislative Assembly, and the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Sandeman was born in Edinburgh ...
using his first name and a reference to the
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strata underneath the run.


Demographics

In the , Gordonstone had "no people or a very low population". In the , Gordonstone had a population of 32 people.


Education

There are no schools in Gordonstone. The nearest primary schools are Capella State School in
Capella Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinisation of names, Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the lis ...
to the north and Emerald North State School in
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to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Capella State High School in Capella and Emerald State High School in Emerald.


References

{{Central Highlands Region Central Highlands Region Localities in Queensland