Warrill View, Queensland
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Warrill View is a rural town and
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in the
Scenic Rim Region The Scenic Rim Region is a local government areas of Queensland, local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately 80 kilometres due south of Brisban ...
,
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 , the locality of Warrill View had a population of 203 people.


Geography

Warrill View is located in the
Fassifern Valley Fassifern Valley is a valley of the Scenic Rim in South East Queensland. Towns found in the valley include Harrisville, Queensland, Harrisville, Kalbar, Queensland, Kalbar, Roadvale, Queensland, Roadvale, Warrill View, Queensland, Warril View ...
farming area. 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 ...
passes through Warrill View. Warrill Creek is a tributary of the Bremer River.


History

Botanist Allan Cunningham explored this area in 1829. From a knoll, he saw extensive plains which he named Laidley Plain after colonial administrator James Laidley who was the Deputy Commissary General in
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at that time. The town was called ''Normanby'' from about 1859 to 1931. However, that caused confusion with another town called ''Normanby'' on the road from
Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
to Harrisville, resulting in this town being renamed ''Warrill View'', a name that was already in use for the school and post office. The name ''Warrill'' comes from the name of the local creek, whose name is allegedly an Aboriginal word meaning ''water'' or ''stream''. Warrill View State School opened on 15 September 1910. Warrill View Baptist Church was established in 1951, having been relocated from Kulgun, where it was called Siloam Baptist Church. It was built from timber. It closed in 1975 and sold 1980. It was at 4725 Cunningham Highway ().


Demographics

In the , the locality of Warrill View had a population of 321 people. In the , the locality of Warrill View had a population of 240 people. In the , the locality of Warrill View had a population of 203 people.


Heritage listings

Warrill View has a number of
heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...
sites, including: * Normanby Homestead, Cunningham Highway


Education

Warrill View State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 7–19 Ipswich Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 11 students with 6 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 22 students. There are no secondary schools in Warrill View. The nearest government secondary schools are Rosewood State High School in
Rosewood Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus '' Dalbergia'', but other woods are often ca ...
to the north and Boonah State High School in
Boonah Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,557 people. Geography The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Ra ...
to the south.


Attractions

Cunninghams Lookout is on the knoll from which botanist Allan Cunningham named Laidley Plain (). It provides panoramic views. It is off to the south of Rosewood Warrill View Road.


Streets in Warrill View

* Audley St * Bath St * Cunningham Hwy * Harsant Rd * Ipswich St * Old Rosevale Rd * Rosewood Warrill View Rd * Service Rd * Stapylton Rd * Warrill View Peak Crossing Rd * Warwick St * Willmotts Rd


References


External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Scenic Rim Region Localities in Queensland