Evanslea, Queensland

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Coordinates: 27°31′17″S 151°31′05″E / 27.5213°S 151.5180°E / -27.5213; 151.5180 (Evanslea (centre of locality))
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Evanslea
Federal division(s)
Groom
Suburbs around Evanslea:
Mount Moriah Jondaryan
Yargullen
Bongeen Evanslea Mount Irving
Bongeen Mount Tyson Mount Tyson

Evanslea is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Evanslea had a population of 41 people.[1]

Norillee is a neighbourhood (27°34′00″S 151°29′00″E / 27.5666°S 151.4833°E / -27.5666; 151.4833 (Norillee)).[3]

Geography

Evanslea has the following mountains:

Evanslea railway station is an abandoned railway station on the closed Cecil Plains railway line (27°34′05″S 151°30′38″E / 27.5681°S 151.5105°E / -27.5681; 151.5105 (Evanslea railway station (former))).[7][8]

The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation, mostly in the south-east of the locality.[7]

Road infrastructure

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.[9]

History

The locality takes its name from the Evanslea railway station, which was named after

Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918.[10] The railway station on the Cecil Plains railway line opened in September 1915 with Evanslea as its terminus. It was subsequently extended to Cecil Plains.[11]

The neighbourhood of Norillee takes its name from the

Queensland Railways Department on12 December 1918. It is an Aboriginal name meaning mountain ridge or series of peaks.[3]

In the 2016 census Evanslea had a population of 41 people.[1]

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Evanslea (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Evanslea – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 50290)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Norillee – locality unbounded in Toowoomba Regional (entry 24522)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Mount Russell – mountain in Toowoomba Region (entry 29359)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mount Taylor – mountain in Toowoomba Region (entry 33462)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ^
    State of Queensland
    . Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Evanslea, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Evanslea – railway station in Toowoomba Region (entry 12017)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. The Brisbane Courier
    . No. 17, 995. Queensland, Australia. 18 September 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Homesteads - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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