Palgrave 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 ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Palgrave had a population of 35 people.

Geography

The Herries Range forms the south-western boundary of the locality. Sandy Creek rises on the slopes of the range and then flows northward through the locality exiting to the north-east (the locality of

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 ...

) where it is impounded by

to create Lake Leslie. The Durakai State Forest is in the west of the locality. Apart from that protected area, the land use is predominantly

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 with some crop growing.

History

The locality takes its name from the parish name, which in turn is thought to be named after an officer of the Aberdeen Company operating several pastoral runs in the area or after a senior public servant. Rookwood Provisional School opened circa 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Rookwood State School. It closed circa 1929. The school presumably takes its name from the adjacent Rookwood (also written as Rook Wood) pastoral station. It was located on a site in a bend of Sandy Creek (approx ). This location is now the place where Sandy Creek flows into Lake Leslie, created by the

which did not exist during the school's lifetime. In October 2023, a light kit-built aircraft crashed in Palgrave, killing the pilot, and starting a grass fire.

Demographics

In the , Palgrave had a population of 17 people. In the , Palgrave had a population of 35 people.

Education

There are no schools in Palgrave. The nearest government primary schools are: * Wheatvale State School in Wheatvale to the north * 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 north-east * Pozieres State School in Pozieres to the south The nearest government secondary schools are: * Warwick State High School in Warwick to the north-east * Stanthorpe State High School in Stanthorpe to the south

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland