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Gowrie Junction, Queensland

January 31, 2023

Gowrie Junction is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is north-west of Toowoomba. In the 2021 census, Gowrie Junction had a population of 2,030 people.[1] The town of Gowrie is in the eastern part of the locality (27°29′58″S 151°53′21″E / 27.4994°S 151.8892°E / -27.4994; 151.8892 (Gowrie, Queensland)).[3]

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Gowrie Junction
Queensland
Gowrie Junction
Coordinates27°30′22″S 151°52′54″E / 27.5061°S 151.8816°E / -27.5061; 151.8816 (Gowrie Junction (centre of locality))Coordinates: 27°30′22″S 151°52′54″E / 27.5061°S 151.8816°E / -27.5061; 151.8816 (Gowrie Junction (centre of locality))
Population2,030 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density77.8/km2 (201.4/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4352
Area26.1 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Gowrie Junction:
Kingsthorpe Cawdor Highfields
Kingsthorpe Gowrie Junction Birnam
Charlton Cotswold Hills Cranley

Geography

The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing passes through the southern part of the locality with no intersections.[4]

The Western railway line passes through the locality with the Gowrie railway station (27°29′54″S 151°53′20″E / 27.4984°S 151.8889°E / -27.4984; 151.8889 (Gowrie railway station)) serving the town of Gowrie.[5][4] Tilgonda railway station is a closed railway station on the railway line in the west of the locality (27°29′36″S 151°50′56″E / 27.4934°S 151.8490°E / -27.4934; 151.8490 (Tilgonda railway station (former))).[5]

History

The name Gowrie comes from the Gowrie pastoral station operated by Henry Hughes and Frederick N. Isaac who used the name from 1847. It is thought to be a corruption of an Aboriginal word cowarie which might refer either to Gowrie Creek or mean freshwater mussel.[3] The name Junction relates to the former Gowrie Junction railway station which was the junction between the Southern and Western railway lines from 1871 to 1915. The railway station was subsequently renamed Gowrie railway station.[6]

Gowrie Junction Post Office opened on 24 April 1876, was renamed Gowrie in 1961 and closed in 1972.[7]

Gowrie Junction State School opened on 1 March 1878. On 2 April 1963, it was renamed Gowrie State School.[8][9]

St John's Anglican Church was dedicated and consecrated on 9 July 1882 by Bishop Matthew Hale.[10] Prior to this, Anglican services had been held in the home of George Downs, who was largely responsible for establishing the church.[11] George King (owner of the Gowrie pastoral station) was one of its lay readers; his wife donated its organ.[12] Its last service was held on 22 December 1968.[13]

In January 1896, Mr John Fahy of the hotel called for tenders to erect a wooden hall in Gowrie Junction.[14] It was in operation by July 1896.[15]

In November 1898, the Gowrie Colliery established a public hall for the benefit of the community.[16]

At the 2006 census, Gowrie Junction had a population of 1,217 people.[17]

In the 2016 census, Gowrie Junction had a population of 2,120 people.[18]

Education

 
Gowrie State School, 2022

Gowrie State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Old Homebush Road (27°29′29″S 151°53′29″E / 27.4915°S 151.8914°E / -27.4915; 151.8914 (Gowrie State School)).[19][20] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 183 students with 15 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[21]

Other primary schools in the local area are Kingsthorpe State School in Kingsthorpe to the west and Fairview Heights State School in Wilsonton.[4]

There are no secondary schools in Gowrie Junction. The nearest secondary schools are Highfields State High School in Highfields to the north-east, Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton to the south-east, and Oakey State High School in Oakey to the west.[4]

Facilities

Gowrie Junction contains a small shop and a community hall. A shopping centre is also in the planning stages. The residents of Gowrie Junction funded and built the town recreational hall by themselves, largely through the efforts of the local progress association.

Library services in Gowrie Junction are provided by the Toowoomba Regional Council's mobile library service. The van visits Gowrie Junction State School every Thursday and Gowrie Junction Federation Hall every Saturday.[22]

Notable residents

Possibly Gowrie Junction's best known resident remains Frank Riethmuller, born in 1884 in Glenvale outside Toowoomba, who taught at Gowrie Junction's primary school from 1899 to 1905. He probably stayed with his newly married sister, Sophia, whose husband August Bischof had a farm at Gowrie Junction. Riethmuller went on to become a well-known rose breeder. He bred 'Carabella,' which is to be seen in country towns all round Australia. One of his pupils was a girl who became Sister Elizabeth Kenny, famous advocate of a non-chemical treatment of poliomyelitis.

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wilsonton (SSC)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.  
  2. ^ "Gowrie Junction – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49645)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Gowrie – population centre in the Toowoomba Region (entry 14482)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Gowrie – railway station in the Toowoomba Region (entry 14484)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. ^ "History". Gowrie State School. 16 December 2019. from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  10. ^ "ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, GOWRIE JUNCTION". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XI, no. 4370. Queensland, Australia. 10 July 1882. p. 3. from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, GOWRIE JUNCTION". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XI, no. 4370. Queensland, Australia. 10 July 1882. p. 3. from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Rutledge, Martha, "King, George (1814–1894)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, from the original on 11 November 2021, retrieved 11 November 2021
  13. ^ . Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Advertising". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 8, 971. Queensland, Australia. 11 January 1896. p. 1. from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "CONCERT AT GOWRIE JUNCTION". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 9, 044. Queensland, Australia. 1 July 1896. p. 2. from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Gowrie Colliery". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser. No. 5753. Queensland, Australia. 15 November 1898. p. 3. from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gowrie Junction (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  18. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gowrie Junction (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.  
  19. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Gowrie State School". Gowrie State School. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  21. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  22. ^ . Toowoomba Regional Council. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

Further reading

  • Beal, Diana J; Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History Society (2012), A detailed history of Gowrie Junction, Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-920776-21-3
  • Schoemaker, Karen; Gowrie State School (2003), Gowrie State School, 1878-2003 : 125 years of memories of the Gowrie State School, Toowoomba Education Centre], ISBN 978-1-876245-93-1

External links

  • "Gowrie Junction". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
  • Town map of Gowrie, 1975

January 31, 2023
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Gowrie Junction is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region Queensland Australia 2 It is north west of Toowoomba In the 2021 census Gowrie Junction had a population of 2 030 people 1 The town of Gowrie is in the eastern part of the locality 27 29 58 S 151 53 21 E 27 4994 S 151 8892 E 27 4994 151 8892 Gowrie Queensland 3 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLGowrie Junction QueenslandGowrie JunctionCoordinates27 30 22 S 151 52 54 E 27 5061 S 151 8816 E 27 5061 151 8816 Gowrie Junction centre of locality Coordinates 27 30 22 S 151 52 54 E 27 5061 S 151 8816 E 27 5061 151 8816 Gowrie Junction centre of locality Population2 030 2021 census 1 Density77 8 km2 201 4 sq mi Postcode s 4352Area26 1 km2 10 1 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location12 2 km 8 mi NW of Toowoomba CBD135 km 84 mi W of BrisbaneLGA s Toowoomba RegionState electorate s CondamineToowoomba NorthFederal division s GroomSuburbs around Gowrie Junction Kingsthorpe Cawdor HighfieldsKingsthorpe Gowrie Junction BirnamCharlton Cotswold Hills Cranley Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Education 4 Facilities 5 Notable residents 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksGeography EditThe Toowoomba Second Range Crossing passes through the southern part of the locality with no intersections 4 The Western railway line passes through the locality with the Gowrie railway station 27 29 54 S 151 53 20 E 27 4984 S 151 8889 E 27 4984 151 8889 Gowrie railway station serving the town of Gowrie 5 4 Tilgonda railway station is a closed railway station on the railway line in the west of the locality 27 29 36 S 151 50 56 E 27 4934 S 151 8490 E 27 4934 151 8490 Tilgonda railway station former 5 History EditThe name Gowrie comes from the Gowrie pastoral station operated by Henry Hughes and Frederick N Isaac who used the name from 1847 It is thought to be a corruption of an Aboriginal word cowarie which might refer either to Gowrie Creek or mean freshwater mussel 3 The name Junction relates to the former Gowrie Junction railway station which was the junction between the Southern and Western railway lines from 1871 to 1915 The railway station was subsequently renamed Gowrie railway station 6 Gowrie Junction Post Office opened on 24 April 1876 was renamed Gowrie in 1961 and closed in 1972 7 Gowrie Junction State School opened on 1 March 1878 On 2 April 1963 it was renamed Gowrie State School 8 9 St John s Anglican Church was dedicated and consecrated on 9 July 1882 by Bishop Matthew Hale 10 Prior to this Anglican services had been held in the home of George Downs who was largely responsible for establishing the church 11 George King owner of the Gowrie pastoral station was one of its lay readers his wife donated its organ 12 Its last service was held on 22 December 1968 13 In January 1896 Mr John Fahy of the hotel called for tenders to erect a wooden hall in Gowrie Junction 14 It was in operation by July 1896 15 In November 1898 the Gowrie Colliery established a public hall for the benefit of the community 16 At the 2006 census Gowrie Junction had a population of 1 217 people 17 In the 2016 census Gowrie Junction had a population of 2 120 people 18 Education Edit Gowrie State School 2022 Gowrie State School is a government primary Prep 6 school for boys and girls at Old Homebush Road 27 29 29 S 151 53 29 E 27 4915 S 151 8914 E 27 4915 151 8914 Gowrie State School 19 20 In 2018 the school had an enrolment of 183 students with 15 teachers 11 full time equivalent and 14 non teaching staff 8 full time equivalent 21 Other primary schools in the local area are Kingsthorpe State School in Kingsthorpe to the west and Fairview Heights State School in Wilsonton 4 There are no secondary schools in Gowrie Junction The nearest secondary schools are Highfields State High School in Highfields to the north east Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton to the south east and Oakey State High School in Oakey to the west 4 Facilities EditGowrie Junction contains a small shop and a community hall A shopping centre is also in the planning stages The residents of Gowrie Junction funded and built the town recreational hall by themselves largely through the efforts of the local progress association Library services in Gowrie Junction are provided by the Toowoomba Regional Council s mobile library service The van visits Gowrie Junction State School every Thursday and Gowrie Junction Federation Hall every Saturday 22 Notable residents EditPossibly Gowrie Junction s best known resident remains Frank Riethmuller born in 1884 in Glenvale outside Toowoomba who taught at Gowrie Junction s primary school from 1899 to 1905 He probably stayed with his newly married sister Sophia whose husband August Bischof had a farm at Gowrie Junction Riethmuller went on to become a well known rose breeder He bred Carabella which is to be seen in country towns all round Australia One of his pupils was a girl who became Sister Elizabeth Kenny famous advocate of a non chemical treatment of poliomyelitis References Edit a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Wilsonton SSC 2021 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 Gowrie Junction locality in Toowoomba Region entry 49645 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 October 2019 a b Gowrie population centre in the Toowoomba Region entry 14482 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 26 October 2019 a b c d Queensland Globe State of Queensland Retrieved 11 November 2021 a b Railway stations and sidings Queensland Queensland Open Data Queensland Government 2 October 2020 Archived from the original on 5 October 2020 Retrieved 5 October 2020 Gowrie railway station in the Toowoomba Region entry 14484 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 1 September 2020 Premier Postal History Post Office List Premier Postal Auctions Archived from the original on 15 May 2014 Retrieved 10 May 2014 History Gowrie State School 16 December 2019 Archived from the original on 24 March 2019 Retrieved 1 September 2020 Queensland Family History Society 2010 Queensland schools past and present Version 1 01 ed Queensland Family History Society ISBN 978 1 921171 26 0 ST JOHN S CHURCH GOWRIE JUNCTION Darling Downs Gazette Vol XI no 4370 Queensland Australia 10 July 1882 p 3 Archived from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia ST JOHN S CHURCH GOWRIE JUNCTION Darling Downs Gazette Vol XI no 4370 Queensland Australia 10 July 1882 p 3 Archived from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 12 November 2021 via National Library of Australia Rutledge Martha King George 1814 1894 Australian Dictionary of Biography Canberra National Centre of Biography Australian National University archived from the original on 11 November 2021 retrieved 11 November 2021 Closed Churches Anglican Church of Southern Queensland Archived from the original on 3 April 2019 Retrieved 24 February 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Advertising Darling Downs Gazette Vol XXXVIII no 8 971 Queensland Australia 11 January 1896 p 1 Archived from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia CONCERT AT GOWRIE JUNCTION Darling Downs Gazette Vol XXXVIII no 9 044 Queensland Australia 1 July 1896 p 2 Archived from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia Gowrie Colliery Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser No 5753 Queensland Australia 15 November 1898 p 3 Archived from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2020 via National Library of Australia Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Gowrie Junction Urban Centre Locality 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 16 May 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Gowrie Junction SSC 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 State and non state school details Queensland Government 9 July 2018 Archived from the original on 21 November 2018 Retrieved 21 November 2018 Gowrie State School Gowrie State School 13 December 2019 Retrieved 12 August 2022 ACARA School Profile 2018 Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 Retrieved 28 January 2020 Mobile library Toowoomba Regional Council Archived from the original on 24 October 2014 Retrieved 10 November 2014 Further reading EditBeal Diana J Toowoomba amp Darling Downs Family History Society 2012 A detailed history of Gowrie Junction Toowoomba amp Darling Downs Family History Society ISBN 978 1 920776 21 3 Schoemaker Karen Gowrie State School 2003 Gowrie State School 1878 2003 125 years of memories of the Gowrie State School Toowoomba Education Centre ISBN 978 1 876245 93 1External links Edit Gowrie Junction Queensland Places Centre for the Government of Queensland University of Queensland Town map of Gowrie 1975 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gowrie Junction Queensland amp oldid 1119213744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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