Melrose is a rural

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in the

South Burnett Region The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia. In the , the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people. Geography The South Burnett Region covers an area , containing a ...

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, Australia. In the , Melrose had a population of 39 people.

Geography

The Cushnie State Forest is in the north-east of the locality. Apart from this protected area, the predominant land use is

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.

Demographics

In the , Melrose had "no people or a very low population". In the , Melrose had a population of 39 people.

Education

There are no schools in Melrose. The nearest government primary schools are Proston State School in neighbouring

Proston Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Proston had a population of 410 people. Geography The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane northwest of th ...

to the north-west and Tingoora State School in

Tingoora Tingoora is a rural town and a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Tingoora had a population of 272 people. Geography The town is on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane ...

to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Proston State School (to Year 10), Wondai State School (to Year 9) in Wondai to the east, Murgon State High School (to Year 12) to

Murgon Murgon () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,220 people. Geography Murgon is in the region of Queensland ...

to the east, and Kingaroy State High School (to Year 12) in

Kingaroy Kingaroy () is a rural town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Road Junction, junction of the D'Aguilar Highway, D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highway, Buny ...

to the south-east. However, for students living in the south-west of Melrose may be too distant for a daily commute to a school providing education to Year 12; the options are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and boarding school.

References

{{South Burnett Region South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland