Veresdale, Queensland

Coordinates: 27°54′32″S 152°58′41″E / 27.9089°S 152.978°E / -27.9089; 152.978 (Veresdale (centre of locality))
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Wright
Suburbs around Veresdale:
Allenview
 Woodhill
Veresdale Scrub
Allenview
 Veresdale
Veresdale Scrub
Gleneagle Beaudesert Birnam

Veresdale is a

City of Logan and the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Veresdale had a population of 392 people.[1]

Geography

The Logan River forms part of the western boundary.[4]

Mount Lindesay Highway runs through from north to south.

History

Kanakas) to work on the plantation.[5]

St Joseph's Catholic Church was the first Catholic church in the Logan River district and was opened in 1876 on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site (27°56′47″S 152°59′09″E / 27.9464°S 152.9857°E / -27.9464; 152.9857 (Gleneagle Catholic Cemetery)), then known as Tullamore Hill, later as Veresdale, and now within

Bernard O'Reilly. So it was decided to relocate St Joseph's to the O'Reilly Guesthouse as a permanent church. It was dismantled, transported and re-assembled. On 27 November 1955, Father Steele presided over the first Mass in the relocated church and Archbishop James Duhig performed the opening ceremony. Although privately owned by the O'Reilly family, it is still strongly associated with the Beaudesert Catholic parish.[8] The cemetery in Gleneagle still operates. In 1983 the Catholic cemetery at Waterford West was sold by the Catholic Church for re-development; graves marked with headstones were exhumed and relocated to Gleneagle Catholic Cemetery.[9]

Veresdale railway station (27°54′31″S 152°58′41″E / 27.9086°S 152.9781°E / -27.9086; 152.9781 (Veresdale railway station)) was on the disused Beaudesert railway line from Bethania to Beaudesert.[10] The line opened on 16 May 1888.[11]

Christ Church Anglican was dedicated on 29 May 1906 by

Ron Williams.[12]

Formerly in the

Shire of Beaudesert, Veresdale was split between Logan City and Scenic Rim Region
following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.

In the 2016 census, Veresdale had a population of 392 people.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Veresdale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Veresdale (Logan City) (entry 45292)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Veresdale (Scenic Rim Region) (entry 45199)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ Google (15 September 2021). "Veresdale, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. Logan City Council. Archived
    from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  6. The Beaudesert Times. Queensland, Australia. 13 June 1941. p. 1. Archived
    from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2020 – via Trove.
  7. The Beaudesert Times. Queensland, Australia. 8 May 1936. p. 1. Archived
    from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "St Joseph's, O'Reilly's". St Mary's Catholic Parish Beaudesert. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. Logan City Council. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  10. ^ "Veresdale – railway station in Logan City (entry 35976)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5
    .
  12. ^ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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