Rosalie Plains is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.

Geography

The Pechey-Maclagan Road enters the locality from the south ( Balgowan), travels north and then west through the locality, exiting to the west ( Brymaroo). The

Oakey–Cooyar Road Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road (number 417). It ...

enters the locality from the north ( Kulpi), intersects with Pechey-Maclagan Road and continues south on the same route as the Pechey-Maclagan Road to Balgowan. The land use is a mix of crop growing and

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run that was held by Robert Ramsay in the late 1840s. In 1877, were resumed from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run and offered for

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on 17 April 1877. Ashlea Provisional School opened in January 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ashlea State School, being renamed Rosalie Plains State School in 1916. It closed circa 1944. It was on the eastern side of Old Rosalie School Road (). Despite the name, the school was in the present-day locality of neighbouring Brymaroo.

Demographics

In the , Rosalie Plains had a population of 44 people. In the , Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rosalie Plains. The nearest government primary school is Kulpi State School in neighbouring Kulpi to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10) in

Quinalow Quinalow is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Quinalow had a population of 205 people. Geography The town is located on Darling Downs in the north of the locality and on the bank ...

to the north-west and Oakey State High School (to Year 12) in

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References

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