Massie is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Massie had a population of 113 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by the

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...

. The Warwick Allora Road enters to the locality from the south-east ( Toolburra) and exits to the north ( Deuchar). The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north (Deuchar) and runs immediately parallel and east of the Warwick Allora Road until it exits to the south-east (Toolburra). The locality was served by the Massie railway station (). The land use is crop growing and

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality was named after the Massie railway station which was named by the

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after Robert George Massie, a pastoralist of South Toolburra, who was formerly a Commissioner of Crown Lands for MacLeay River District and later a Member of the

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and a Member of the

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for the Pastoral districts of New England and MacLeay. Deuchar Provisional School opened on 14 March 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Deuchar State School. It was closed in 1921 due to low student numbers, but reopened in 1924. It closed permanently on 11 August 1967. It was at 98 Millar Lane, on the south-east corner of Deuchar Bony Mountain Road, now within Massie ().

Demographics

In the , Massie had a population of 91 people. In the , Massie had a population of 113 people.

Education

There are no schools in Massie. The nearest government primary schools are Wheatvale State School in neighbouring Wheatvale to the south-west, Glennie Heights 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 south-east, and Allora State School in Allora to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick, Allora State School (to Year 10) in Allora, and Clifton State High School (to Year 12) in Clifton to the north.

Amenities

Warwick Aerodrome is at 111 Massie Bony Mountain Road (). It is operated 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 ...

. Deuchar-Massie Hall is a public hall at 12 Massie Bony Mountain Road (corner of Massie Hall Road, ).

References

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