Wellcamp is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

in the

Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local go ...

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 , Wellcamp had a population of 346 people.

Geography

Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (IATA: WTB, ICAO: YBWW, formerly Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) is an airport in Wellcamp, west from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The airport and an associated aviation and business park is the br ...

is at 1511 Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road (). It services

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...

and the surrounding districts. The

Toowoomba Bypass The Toowoomba Bypass, known as Toowoomba Second Range Crossing during planning and construction, is a grade separated, dual carriageway bypass and partial ring road constructed to the north and west of Toowoomba, Queensland. Construction com ...

passes through the locality from north to south, intersecting with

Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road is a continuous road route in the Toowoomba region of Queensland, Australia. Most of the road is not signed with any route number, but a short section near is part of State Route 82. Toowoomba–Cecil Plains R ...

for access to the

and to

Cecil Plains Cecil Plains is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cecil Plains had a population of 380 people. Geography Cecil Plains is in the Darling Downs ...

History

The locality was named by the

Queensland Railways Department Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger t ...

after a camp for workers constructing the Toowoomba–Hendon railway, which was beside a well. The line opened to

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has ...

on 11 March 1869. Wellcamp Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909, it became Wellcamp State School. Wellcamp Methodist Church opened on Sunday 5 November 1905. It closed in 1932. It was located south of the Wellcamp State School at 101 Wellcamp Westbrook Road (). Wellcamp Airport opened in November 2014. It was built by

engineering business Wagners, which owns and operates the airport.

Demographics

In the , Wellcamp had a population of 295 people. In the , Wellcamp had a population of 346 people.

Heritage listings

There are a number of heritage-listed sites in Wellcamp: *

Wellcamp State School Wellcamp State School is a heritage-listed state school at 609 Drayton–Wellcamp Road, Wellcamp, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. Block A was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built in 1911, while Block L was bui ...

, 609 Drayton-Wellcamp Road ()

Education

Wellcamp State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 609 Drayton-Wellcamp Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 77 students with 7 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 95 students with 8 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Wellcamp. The nearest government secondary schools are Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton to the east,

Harristown State High School Harristown State High School is a public high school located in Harristown, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was officially opened in 1955. The school currently has approximately 1700 students and is the largest on the Darling Downs. Some ...

in Harristown to the east, and Oakey State High School in

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

to the north-west.

References

External links

{{Toowoomba Region Suburbs of Toowoomba Localities in Queensland