Montrose is a rural

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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 , Montrose had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by the

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, I ...

, which enters the locality from the south-east (

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/ Rodgers Creek) and exits to the south-west ( Greymare). The South Western railway line runs to the north and loosely parallel with the highway, entering the locality from the east (Cunningham) and exiting to the west (Greymare). The locality was historically served by the now-abandoned Montrose railway station (). The land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the railway station, which, in turn, came from a pastoral run, named by pastoralist

St George Richard Gore St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Gore was born in Dubl ...

after the town of Montrose in

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, Scotland.

Demographics

In the , Montrose had "no people or a very low population". In the , Montrose had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Montrose. The nearest government primary school is Wheatvale State School in Wheatvale 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 ...

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.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland