Grosvenor is a rural

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in the

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. In the , Grosvenor had a population of 29 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by Harkness Boundary Creek. The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...

enters the locality from the west ( Eidsvold) and exits to the south ( Malmoe). To the east of the river, the

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, Queensland, Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar ...

enters the locality from the north (Eidsvold / Eidsvold East) and exits to the south-east (Malmoe). The land is flatter around the river but undulating to the north and east. The land near the river is mostly used for crop growing, but the predominant land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

Grosvenor Flat Provisional School opened on 19 September 1892 and closed on 18 March 1908. It reopened on 8 May 1916 as Grosvenor Flat State School but closed in 1926. It was on A Creek Road (). The

Mungar Junction to Monto railway line The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway ...

opened from

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although ...

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on 26 April 1924 with Grosvenor being served by the Grosvenor railway station (). Grosvenor Provisional School opened on 26 January 1932 and closed on 19 April 1940. It was south of the Grosvenor railway station (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Grosvenor had a population of 25 people. In the , Grosvenor had a population of 29 people.

Heritage listings

Grosvenor has a number of

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sites, including: * Grosvenor Flat Cemetery, Grosvenor Cemetery Road ()

Education

There are no schools in Grosvenor. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Eidsvold State School in neighbouring Eidsvold to the north.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland