Leslie Dam 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. In the , Leslie Dam had a population of 118 people.

Geography

The locality is on the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

, an area of extensive agriculture. The north-west of the locality features a mountain range with unnamed peaks rising to . In the north-east of the locality is Mount Steele () at . The southern and central part of the locality are at lower elevations of under while the very northernmost part of the locality falls away to . Due to this geography, Sandy Creek and its tributaries flow from the south of the locality merging into a single stream through the gap between the mountains of the north-east and Mount Steele and below to the northernmost part of the locality.

Leslie Dam Leslie Dam is a dam in the locality of the same name Leslie Dam, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It impounds Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, to create Lake Leslie (). It is from Warwick town centre. It was built ...

is built across that gap (), forming Lake Leslie () as a water reservoir. Apart from the dam, the land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation.

History

The dam was completed in December 1965. It was built for

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and not

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. The locality takes its name from the dam, which in turn was named after the Leslie family, who were pioneer pastoralists on the

Demographics

In the , Leslie Dam had a population of 163 people. In the , Leslie Dam had a population of 118 people.

Education

There are no schools in the locality. The nearest government primary schools are Wheatvale State School in neighbouring Wheatvale to the north-west and Warwick West State School in

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

to the east. The nearest government secondary school is

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 ...

, also in Warwick.

Amenities

Lake Leslie provides recreational opportunities for boating, fishing and camping. There are three boat ramps on the eastern bank of the dam (). They are managed by the

Southern Downs Regional Council 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 ...

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland