Morton Vale is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Morton Vale had a population of 114 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to west by Main Green Swamp Road, to east partly by Nangara Road and Lyne Road, and to the south partly by Lake Clarendon Road. Green Swamp is a wetland in the north-west of the locality (). The land is relatively flat, approximately above sea level. The land use is irrigated crop growing in the south-east of the locality with the rest of the locality mostly used for

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality is believed to be named after a local farmer George Morton who leased land in the area in 1904. Lake Clarendon Lower State School opened on 9 March 1914 but was renamed Morton Vale State School within a few months of opening. It closed on 11 December 1981. The school was at 10 Morton Vale School Road (). As at January 2021, the school building is still standing.

Demographics

In the , Morton Vale had a population of 143 people. In the , Morton Vale had a population of 114 people.

Education

There are no schools in Morton Vale. The nearest primary schools are Kentville State School in neighbouring

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to the east, Glenore Grove State School in neighbouring Glenore Grove to the south-east and Lake Clarendon State School in

Lake Clarendon The Lake Clarendon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located off-stream in the locality of Lake Clarendon in the Lockyer Valley Region, South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for ...

to the south-west. The nearest secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.

References

{{Lockyer Valley Region Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland