List of schools in Darling Downs
Encyclopedia
This is a list of schools in the Darling Downs region of Queensland
, Australia
, and includes schools in South West Queensland. The region is centred on the inland city of Toowoomba and the towns of Dalby
, Roma
, St George
and Charleville
. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.
Within the region, most schools are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Toowoomba
. They are supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and includes schools in South West Queensland. The region is centred on the inland city of Toowoomba and the towns of Dalby
Dalby, Queensland
Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest...
, Roma
Roma, Queensland
Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways...
, St George
St George, Queensland
St George is a town of approximately 2400 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell who crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. At the 2006 census, St George had a population of...
and Charleville
Charleville, Queensland
Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres...
. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
State primary schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allora State School | Allora Allora, Queensland Allora is a town in south-western Queensland, Australia, on the Darling Downs 158 km south-west of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is in the Southern Downs Region. The township is located on the New England Highway between Warwick and Toowoomba... |
Southern Downs | 1867 | Website | P-10 |
Amiens State School | Amiens | Southern Downs | 1919 | Website | |
Applethorpe State School | Applethorpe Applethorpe, Queensland Applethorpe is a settlement in the Australian state of Queensland. Applethorpe is well-known for the production of apples.The town is positioned on the New England Highway just north of Stanthorpe in the Granite Belt region at an elevation of 872 m. There is a railway station on the Southern... |
Southern Downs | 1911 | Website | |
Augathella State School | Augathella Augathella, Queensland Augathella is a town in western Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Murweh Shire. Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charleville, and west of Brisbane . The town lies on the banks of the Warrego River... |
Murweh | 1884 | Website | |
Back Plains State School | Back Plains | Toowoomba | 1879 | Website | |
Ballandean State School | Ballandean | Southern Downs | 1909 | Website | |
Begonia State School | Begonia | Maranoa | 1970 | Website | |
Bell State School | Bell Bell, Queensland Bell is a village in the western foothills of the Bunya Mountains of Queensland, Australia, north of Dalby. At the 2006 census, Bell had a population of 297..... |
Western Downs | 1907 | Website | P-10 |
Biddeston State School | Biddeston | Toowoomba | 1919 | Website | |
Bollon State School | Bollon Bollon, Queensland Bollon is a town in south western Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Balonne Shire Local Government Area, 634 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane. Bollon is situated on the Balonne Highway, between St George and Cunnamulla on the banks of Wallam Creek... |
Balonne | 1885 | Website | |
Bowenville State School | Bowenville Bowenville, Queensland Bowenville is a town in the Toowoomba Regional Council Local government area in Queensland, Australia. The town was based around the rail industry and with the winding down of the railways the population declined... |
Toowoomba | 1898 | Website | |
Brigalow State School | Brigalow Brigalow, Queensland Brigalow is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region local government area and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Brigalow and the surrounding area had a population of... |
Western Downs | 1908 | Website | |
Broadwater State School | Broadwater | Southern Downs | 1903 | Website | |
Brookstead State School | Brookstead | Toowoomba | 1915 | Website | |
Bungunya State School | Bungunya | Goondiwindi | 1918 | Website | |
Bunkers Hill State School | Westbrook | Toowoomba | 1889 | Website | |
Burra Burri State School | Burra Burri | Western Downs | 1918 | Website | |
Bymount East State School | Bymount | Maranoa | 1945 | Website | |
Cambooya State School | Cambooya Cambooya, Queensland Cambooya is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, 148 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane.A suburban rail motor service from Toowoomba commenced in May, 1917, running to Wyreema, 10 miles away. It was extended to Cambooya and to Willowburn in 1918... |
Toowoomba | 1882 | Website | |
Cecil Plains State School | Cecil Plains Cecil Plains, Queensland Cecil Plains is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.The town is located in the Toowoomba Region, 217 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Cecil Plains had a population of 236... |
Toowoomba | 1898 | Website | P-10 |
Charleville State School | Charleville Charleville, Queensland Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres... |
Murweh | 1875 | Website | |
Charlton State School | Charlton Charlton, Queensland Charlton is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the city centre off the Warrego Highway.... |
Toowoomba | 1898 | Website | |
Chinchilla State School | Chinchilla Chinchilla, Queensland Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Chinchilla had a population of 3,681.The town was established in 1877... |
Western Downs | 1883 | Website | |
Clifton State School | Clifton Clifton, Queensland Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067.... |
Toowoomba | 1876 | Website | |
Condamine State School | Condamine Condamine, Queensland Condamine is a small town in Queensland, Australia, located from Miles. At the 2006 census, Condamine had a population of 373.Condamine is claimed to be the location of the invention of the 'Condamine Bell', a small bell made from sheet metal used to locate herds of cattle.Condamine is serviced by... |
Western Downs | 1863 | Website | |
Cooyar State School | Cooyar Cooyar, Queensland Cooyar is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is on the New England Highway and in the Toowoomba Local Government area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Cooyar and the surrounding area had a population of 289.- External links :*... |
Toowoomba | 1905 | Website | |
Crows Nest State School | Crows Nest Crows Nest, Queensland Crows Nest is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the New England Highway from the state capital, Brisbane and from the nearby city of Toowoomba within the Toowoomba Region local government area... |
Toowoomba | 1877 | Website | P-10 |
Dalby South State School | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | 1965 | Website | |
Dalby State School | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | 1861 | Website | |
Dalveen State School | Dalveen | Southern Downs | 1878 | Website | |
Darling Heights State School | Darling Heights Darling Heights, Queensland Darling Heights is an outer southern suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland. Its Local Government Area is the Toowoomba Region.It lies on the southern edge of the city, on the west ridge. The land falls away steeply to the west toward Drayton, the slope being occupied by detached bungalow housing with an... |
Toowoomba | 1980 | Website | |
Dirranbandi State School | Dirranbandi Dirranbandi, Queensland Dirranbandi is a town in south-western Queensland, Australia, located in the Shire of Balonne. It sits on the Castlereagh Highway and the Balonne River. It is notable for the population increase each year as seasonal workers come to work on the extensive cotton fields. Due to the low annual... |
Balonne | 1902 | Website | P-10 |
Drayton State School Drayton State School Drayton State School is one of the oldest schools in Queensland, Australia. It was established as a National School in 1851, and became part of the Queensland state education system in 1860.... |
Drayton Drayton, Queensland Drayton is an outer southwestern suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Toowoomba Region.The first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs in c.1842... |
Toowoomba | 1851 | Website | |
Drillham State School | Drillham Drillham, Queensland Drillham is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway and in the Western Downs Region Local Government Area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Western Downs | 1899 | Website | |
Dulacca State School | Dulacca Dulacca, Queensland Dulacca is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region local government area and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Dulacca had a population of 88.-References:... |
Western Downs | 1909 | Website | |
Dunkeld State School | Dunkeld | Maranoa | 1965 | Website | |
Emu Creek State School | Greenmount East Greenmount, Queensland Greenmount Beach is the name of the southern end of Coolangatta Beach, located in Coolangatta on Queensland's Gold Coast. Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the north and Rainbow Bay to the south.... |
Toowoomba | 1875 | Website | |
Eromanga State School | Eromanga | Quilpie | 1897 | Website | Closed 1936-56, 1981-90 |
Eulo State School | Eulo Eulo, Queensland Eulo is an opal-mining town in south-western Queensland , in Paroo Shire, 64 km west of Cunnamulla and 887 km west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Eulo and the surrounding area had a population of 108. Eulo has a school, one pub and a small general store as well as Outback Petrol. The general... |
Paroo | 1888 | Website | |
Fairview Heights State School | Wilsonton Wilsonton, Queensland Wilsonton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located west of the central business district.The suburb, officially named in 1981, is believed to honour James T. Wilson, an 1870s businessman and supporter of the Toowoomba Agricultural Society... |
Toowoomba | 1995 | Website | |
Freestone State School | Freestone | Southern Downs | 1870 | Website | |
Gabbinbar State School | Gabbinbar | Toowoomba | 1972 | Website | |
Geham State School | Geham | Toowoomba | 1871 | Website | |
Glen Aplin State School | Glen Aplin | Southern Downs | 1887 | Website | |
Glenmorgan State School | Glenmorgan | Western Downs | 1933 | Website | |
Glennie Heights State School | Glennie Heights | Southern Downs | 1960 | Website | |
Glenvale State School | Glenvale Glenvale, Queensland Glenvale is a district in Queensland, Australia, that comprises part of greater Toowoomba's western suburbs. During the 1990s and 2000s it was a hive of new construction, with new housing estates opening almost monthly.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 1882 | Website | |
Goombungee State School | Goombungee Goombungee, Queensland Goombungee is a small town north of Toowoomba in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Goombungee had a population of 717.The town hosts an annual Iron man and Iron women competition on Australia Day... |
Toowoomba | 1881 | Website | |
Goondiwindi State School | Goondiwindi Goondiwindi, Queensland Goondiwindi is an Australian town of approximately 5,629 people. The town has an annual population growth of 1.4 percent. The name Goondiwindi derives from an Aboriginal word meaning "the resting place of the birds".-History:... |
Goondiwindi | 1864 | Website | |
Gowrie State School | Gowrie Junction Gowrie Junction, Queensland Gowrie Junction is a town and locality north-west of Toowoomba. It contains a small shop, a school 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... |
Toowoomba | 1978 | Website | |
Greenlands State School | Greenlands | Southern Downs | 1915 | Website | Formerly Thorndale SS until 1924 |
Greenmount State School | Greenmount Greenmount, Queensland Greenmount Beach is the name of the southern end of Coolangatta Beach, located in Coolangatta on Queensland's Gold Coast. Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the north and Rainbow Bay to the south.... |
Toowoomba | 1901 | Website | |
Grosmont State School | Grosmont | Western Downs | 1957 | Website | |
Guluguba State School | Guluguba | Western Downs | 1917 | Website | |
Haden State School | Haden | Toowoomba | 1912 | Website | |
Hannaford State School | Hannaford | Western Downs | 1947 | Website | |
Harlaxton State School | Harlaxton Harlaxton, Queensland Harlaxton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north of the city centre.The name originates from Harlaxton House, probably named for Harlaxton in Lincolnshire, England, and built in 1869 in what is now Munro Street as the residence of Francis Thomas Gregory... |
Toowoomba | 1901 | Website | |
Harristown State School | Harristown Harristown, Queensland Harristown is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located to the southwest of the city centre.The suburb was officially named in 1981, and is believed to honour George Harris , a Brisbane businessman. Originally in the Shire of Drayton, the suburb was first opened as the Harristown Estate... |
Toowoomba | 1911 | Website | |
Hebel State School | Hebel Hebel, Queensland Hebel is a hamlet in Balonne Shire, in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of the border with New South Wales on the Castlereagh Highway. At the 2006 census, Hebel and the surrounding area had a population of 149.... |
Balonne | 1901 | Website | |
Highfields State School | Highfields Highfields, Queensland Highfields is a town, just north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia along the New England Highway. It is situated on the Great Dividing Range, slightly north of Mount Kynoch. It serves as a satellite town to the city of Toowoomba, accommodating many of Toowoomba businesses' employees... |
Toowoomba | 1870 | Website | |
Inglewood State School | Inglewood Inglewood, Queensland Inglewood is a town situated on the southern Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia, south-west of Toowoomba. Inglewood is the second largest town in the Goondiwindi Region as well as being part of the Border Rivers region of waterways.-History:... |
Goondiwindi | 1872 | Website | P-10 |
Injune State School | Injune Injune, Queensland Injune is a small town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Carnarvon Highway, north of the regional centre of Roma. A railway connected Injune with Roma from 1920 until 1966... |
Maranoa | 1921 | Website | P-10 |
Jandowae State School | Jandowae Jandowae, Queensland Jandowae is a town in southern Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Jandowae had a population of 784.-History:... |
Western Downs | 1887 | Website | P-10 |
Jimbour State School | Jimbour Jimbour, Queensland Jimbour is a town in the northern Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region Local Government area, west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Western Downs | 1873 | Website | |
Jondaryan State School | Jondaryan | Toowoomba | 1872 | Website | |
Kaimkillenbun State School | Kaimkillenbun Kaimkillenbun, Queensland Kaimkillenbun is an Australian town, located 24 km from Dalby, on the way to the Bunya Mountains. It is in the Local government area of the Western Downs Region... |
Western Downs | 1909 | Website | |
Karara State School | Karara Karara, Queensland Karara is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Southern Downs Region Local Government Area and on the Cunningham Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Karara and the surrounding area had a population of 140.-External... |
Southern Downs | 1908 | Website | |
Killarney State School | Killarney Killarney, Queensland Killarney is a small town located 35 km south-east of Warwick, on the Condamine River in Queensland, Australia. The town forms part of the Southern Downs local government area. Killarney is located about 8 km from the Queensland/New South Wales border. It is close to Queen Mary Falls, in the Main... |
Southern Downs | 1874 | Website | P-10 |
Kindon State School | Kindon | Goondiwindi | 1963 | Website | |
Kingsthorpe State School | Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe, Queensland Kingsthorpe is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Toowoomba Local Government area, west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Kingsthorpe had a population of 1,472.-External links:*... |
Toowoomba | 1911 | Website | |
Kogan State School | Kogan | Western Downs | 1897 | Website | |
Kulpi State School | Peranga Peranga, Queensland Peranga is a small town on the Darling Downs, north-west of Toowoomba and 55 km north-east of Dalby in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Peranga and the surrounding area had a population of 183.... |
Toowoomba | 1915 | Website | |
Leyburn State School | Leyburn Leyburn, Queensland Leyburn is a town in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Leyburn and the surrounding area had a population of 348.-History:... |
Southern Downs | 1862 | Website | |
Lundavra State School | Lundavra | Goondiwindi | 1964 | Website | |
Maryvale State School | Maryvale Maryvale, Queensland Maryvale is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Southern Downs Region local government area and on the Cunningham Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Maryvale and the surrounding area had a population of 567.... |
Southern Downs | 1913 | Website | |
Meandarra State School | Meandarra | Western Downs | 1915 | Website | |
Meringandan State School | Meringandan Meringandan, Queensland Meringandan is a small town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located near Highfields, NNW of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Meringandan had a population of 1,474.... |
Toowoomba | 1876 | Website | |
Middle Ridge State School | Middle Ridge Middle Ridge, Queensland Middle Ridge is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the city centre.Middle Ridge was named in the 1860s, as the area between East and West Creeks where the teamsters who camped at Toowoomba turned their teams loose to graze.... |
Toowoomba | 1884 | Website | |
Miles State School | Miles Miles, Queensland Miles is a small town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miles had a population of 1,164.The town is situated on the Warrego Highway, 340 kilometres west of Brisbane, the state capital. Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer... |
Western Downs | 1880 | Website | |
Millmerran State School | Millmerran Millmerran, Queensland Millmerran is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Gore Highway, 208 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Toowoomba | 1882 | Website | P-10 |
Mitchell State School | Mitchell Mitchell, Queensland Mitchell is a town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is on the Warrego Highway, 587 kilometres west of Brisbane and 176 kilometres east of Charleville. At the 2006 census, Mitchell had a population of 944.... |
Maranoa | 1876 | Website | P-10 |
Moonie State School | Moonie Moonie, Queensland Moonie is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region Local Government Area at the intersection of the Leichhardt and Moonie Highways, west of the state capital, Brisbane, and is the Official Oil Capital of Australia.The town's name... |
Western Downs | 1962 | Website | |
Morven State School | Morven Morven, Queensland Morven is a town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway, east of Charleville and west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Morven had a population of 276.... |
Murweh | 1887 | Website | |
Mount Tyson State School | Mount Tyson | Toowoomba | 1904 | Website | |
Mungallala State School | Mungallala | Maranoa | 1904 | Website | |
Murray's Bridge State School | Murrays Bridge | Southern Downs | 1937 | Website | |
Newtown State School | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1924 | Website | |
Nobby State School | Nobby Nobby, Queensland Nobby is a small village on the Darling Downs, Queensland. It is located halfway between Toowoomba and Warwick. At the 2006 census, Nobby had a population of 391.... |
Toowoomba | 1897 | Website | |
Oakey State School | Oakey Oakey, Queensland Oakey is a rural town situated in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated west of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Oakey had a population of 3,657.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 1874 | Website | |
Pilton State School | Pilton Pilton, Queensland Pilton is a settlement in Queensland, Australia, located south of the city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, the locality recorded a population of 209, living in 74 inhabited dwellings. The median age of the population was 41 years, and the median weekly household income was $866.... |
Toowoomba | 1913 | Website | |
Pittsworth State School | Pittsworth Pittsworth, Queensland Pittsworth is a town located in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia.-Location:Located 169 km south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, 41 km south-west of Toowoomba and 518 m above sea-level, Pittsworth presents itself to the world as a town with lots of interesting... |
Toowoomba | 1882 | Website | |
Pozieres State School | Pozieres | Southern Downs | 1921 | Website | |
Quinalow State School | Quinalow | Toowoomba | 1901 | Website | P-10 |
Ramsay State School | Ramsay | Toowoomba | 1881 | Website | |
Rangeville State School | Rangeville Rangeville, Queensland Rangeville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located south-east of the city centre.As closer settlement moved further along the range from Toowoomba, the suburb appears to have been named Rangeville to distinguish it from The Range, which was the general term for the area along the... |
Toowoomba | 1909 | Website | |
Rockville State School | Rockville Rockville, Queensland Rockville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north-west of the city centre.Rockville was named after Rockville Estate, consisting of 114 allotments in the area ranging from to , which itself was named after Rockville House. The suburb was officially named in 1981.The eastern... |
Toowoomba | 1922 | Website | |
Ryeford State School | Ryeford | Toowoomba | 1937 | Website | |
Severnlea State School | Severnlea | Southern Downs | 1918 | Website | |
Southbrook Central State School | Southbrook | Toowoomba | 1910 | Website | |
St George State School | St George St George, Queensland St George is a town of approximately 2400 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell who crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. At the 2006 census, St George had a population of... |
Balonne | 1874 | Website | |
Stanthorpe State School | Stanthorpe Stanthorpe, Queensland Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt... |
Southern Downs | 1874 | Website | |
Surat State School | Surat Surat, Queensland Surat is a small rural town on the Balonne River, approximately south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway. It is west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Surat had a population of 436.The district was first mapped by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846... |
Maranoa | 1874 | Website | P-10 |
Talwood State School | Talwood | Goondiwindi | 1918 | Website | |
Tannymorel State School | Tannymorel | Southern Downs | 1877 | Website | |
Teelba State School | Teelba | Maranoa | 1965 | Website | |
Texas State School | Texas Texas, Queensland Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales... |
Goondiwindi | 1887 | Website | P-10 |
Thallon State School | Thallon Thallon, Queensland Thallon is a town in south western Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Balonne Shire Local Government Area, 571 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane. Thallon is situated between St George and the border with New South Wales at Mungindi. The town is named after a... |
Balonne | 1911 | Website | |
Thargomindah State School | Thargomindah Thargomindah, Queensland - External links:* * * *... |
Bulloo | 1884 | Website | |
The Gums State School | The Gums The Gums, Queensland The Gums is a town in the western Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located at the junction of the Leichhardt Highway and the Tara - Surat road, in the Western Downs Region Local Government area, west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Western Downs | 1913 | Website | |
The Summit State School | The Summit | Southern Downs | 1921 | Website | |
Thulimbah State School | Thulimbah Thulimbah, Queensland Thulimbah is a town in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the New England Highway and in the Southern Downs Region Local Government area, from the state capital, Brisbane... |
Southern Downs | 1914 | Website | |
Toowoomba East State School | East Toowoomba East Toowoomba, Queensland East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.-Education:The suburb contains the main Bridge Street campus of Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent schools, Toowoomba Grammar School and Fairholme College .In... |
Toowoomba | 1887 | Website | |
Toowoomba North State School | North Toowoomba North Toowoomba, Queensland North Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly north of the city centre.... |
Toowoomba | 1869 | Website | |
Toowoomba South State School | South Toowoomba South Toowoomba, Queensland South Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly south of the city centre.The suburb is home to City Golf Course, the Downs Shopping Centre, St Saviour's College and Toowoomba South State School.... |
Toowoomba | 1878 | Website | |
Vale View State School | Vale View Vale View, Queensland Vale View is a locality south of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.... |
Toowoomba | 1931 | Website | |
Wallangarra State School | Wallangarra Wallangarra, Queensland Wallangarra is a village on the border between Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. It is the third most southerly town in Queensland, 258 km south west of Brisbane. Wallangarra is on the Queensland side of the border and Jennings is on the New South Wales side... |
Southern Downs | 1888 | Website | |
Wallumbilla State School | Wallumbilla Wallumbilla, Queensland Wallumbilla is a community in Queensland, Australia, situated five hours by road west from Brisbane, just east of Roma. At the 2006 census, Wallumbilla had a population of 285.... |
Maranoa | 1893 | Website | P-10 |
Wandoan State School | Wandoan Wandoan, Queensland Wandoan is a small town in Queensland, Australia, located on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles. It is part of the Western Downs Region local government area, within which it is the centre for the local cattle industries... |
Western Downs | 1911 | Website | P-10 |
Warra State School | Warra Warra, Queensland Warra is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region local government area and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Western Downs | 1881 | Website | |
Warwick Central State School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1875 | Website | |
Warwick East State School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1850 | Website | |
Warwick West State School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1956 | Website | |
Wellcamp State School | Wellcamp Wellcamp, Queensland Wellcamp is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located west of the city centre.The locality was named by the Railways Department after a camp for workers constructing the Toowoomba–Hendon railway, which happened to be located beside a well in the area. The line opened in 1869.... |
Toowoomba | 1899 | Website | |
Westmar State School | Westmar | Western Downs | 1962 | Website | |
Wheatvale State School | Wheatvale | Southern Downs | 1897 | Website | |
Wilsonton State School | Wilsonton Wilsonton, Queensland Wilsonton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located west of the central business district.The suburb, officially named in 1981, is believed to honour James T. Wilson, an 1870s businessman and supporter of the Toowoomba Agricultural Society... |
Toowoomba | 1894 | Website | |
Wyandra State School | Wyandra Wyandra, Queensland Wyandra is a town in outback western Queensland, Australia in the Paroo Shire Local government area. Wyandra is located on the Matilda Highway, 827 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane and 110 kilometres north of Cunnamulla... |
Paroo | 1898 | Website | |
Wyreema State School | Wyreema Wyreema, Queensland Wyreema is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Wyreema had a population of 1,109.A suburban rail motor service from Toowoomba commenced in May, 1917, running to Wyreema, 10 miles away. It was extended to Cambooya and to Willowburn in 1918. They ceased... |
Toowoomba | 1895 | Website | |
Yangan State School | Yangan | Southern Downs | 1874 | Website | |
Yarraman State School | Yarraman Yarraman, Queensland Yarraman is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England and D'Aguilar highways.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 1901 | Website | P-10 |
Yelarbon State School | Yelarbon Yelarbon, Queensland Yelarbon is a small town in south-central Queensland on the Dumaresq River. It sits on the Cunningham Highway midway between Goondiwindi and Inglewood. At the 2006 census, Yelarbon had a population of 448.... |
Goondiwindi | 1912 | Website | |
Yowah State School | Yowah | Paroo | 1998 | Website | |
Yuleba State School | Yuleba Yuleba, Queensland Yuleba is a town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia, located west of the state capital, Brisbane along the Warrego Highway. At the 2006 census, Yuleba had a population of 183.... |
Maranoa | 1880 | Website |
State high schools and colleges
Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centenary Heights State High School | Centenary Heights Centenary Heights, Queensland Centenary Heights is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.Previously part of Middle Ridge, the area was named Centenary Heights in 1960 in honour of the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859.... |
Toowoomba | 1968 | Website | |
Charleville State High School | Charleville Charleville, Queensland Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres... |
Murweh | 1961 | Website | |
Chinchilla State High School | Chinchilla Chinchilla, Queensland Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Chinchilla had a population of 3,681.The town was established in 1877... |
Western Downs | 1963 | Website | |
Clifton State High School | Clifton Clifton, Queensland Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067.... |
Toowoomba | 1966 | Website | |
Cunnamulla State School | Cunnamulla Cunnamulla, Queensland Cunnamulla is a small town that lies on the Warrego River in south west Queensland, Australia, south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane.... |
Paroo | 1877 | Website | P-12 |
Dalby State High School | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | 1954 | Website | |
Goondiwindi State High School Goondiwindi State High School - History :Goondiwindi State High School opened on 28 January 1964. Enrolments in February that year totaled 178 students.... |
Goondiwindi | Goondiwindi | 1964 | Website | |
Harristown State High School Harristown State High School Harristown State High School is a public High School located in Toowoomba, Queensland. It was officially opened in 1955. The school currently has approximately 1500 students and is the largest on the Darling downs.-Sport:... |
Harristown Harristown, Queensland Harristown is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located to the southwest of the city centre.The suburb was officially named in 1981, and is believed to honour George Harris , a Brisbane businessman. Originally in the Shire of Drayton, the suburb was first opened as the Harristown Estate... |
Toowoomba | 1955 | Website | |
Miles State High School | Miles Miles, Queensland Miles is a small town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miles had a population of 1,164.The town is situated on the Warrego Highway, 340 kilometres west of Brisbane, the state capital. Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer... |
Western Downs | 1979 | Website | |
Oakey State High School | Oakey Oakey, Queensland Oakey is a rural town situated in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated west of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Oakey had a population of 3,657.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 1964 | Website | |
Pittsworth State High School | Pittsworth Pittsworth, Queensland Pittsworth is a town located in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia.-Location:Located 169 km south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, 41 km south-west of Toowoomba and 518 m above sea-level, Pittsworth presents itself to the world as a town with lots of interesting... |
Toowoomba | 1967 | Website | |
Quilpie State College | Quilpie Quilpie, Queensland -External links:* *... |
Quilpie | 1918 | Website | P-12 |
Roma State College | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 2006 | Website | P-12 |
St George State High School | St George St George, Queensland St George is a town of approximately 2400 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell who crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. At the 2006 census, St George had a population of... |
Balonne | 1978 | Website | |
Stanthorpe State High School | Stanthorpe Stanthorpe, Queensland Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt... |
Southern Downs | 1961 | Website | |
Tara Shire State College | Tara Tara, Queensland Tara is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, located 300 kilometres south west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tara had a population of 819... |
Western Downs | 1912 | Website | P-12. Tara SS until 2004 |
Toowoomba State High School Toowoomba State High School Toowoomba State High School is a co-educational State High School located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.Established in 1919, the school consists of two campuses, the Mount Lofty campus, and the Wilsonton campus, with 1902 students.... |
Mount Lofty Mount Lofty, Queensland Mount Lofty is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north-east of the city centre.Jubilee Park, a large parkland and bushland area with numerous riding trails, forms the eastern part of the suburb. At the end of North Street is the peak of Mount Lofty, which features a... |
Toowoomba | 1919 | Website | |
Toowoomba SHS Toowoomba State High School Toowoomba State High School is a co-educational State High School located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.Established in 1919, the school consists of two campuses, the Mount Lofty campus, and the Wilsonton campus, with 1902 students.... (Wilsonton Campus) |
Wilsonton Wilsonton, Queensland Wilsonton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located west of the central business district.The suburb, officially named in 1981, is believed to honour James T. Wilson, an 1870s businessman and supporter of the Toowoomba Agricultural Society... |
Toowoomba | 1998 | Website | |
Warwick State High School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1912 | Website |
Other state schools
This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charleville School of Distance Education | Charleville Charleville, Queensland Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres... |
Murweh | 1966 | Website | |
Clifford Park Special School | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1990 | Website | |
Toowoomba West Special School | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1975 | Website |
Defunct state schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Closed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acland State School | Acland Acland, Queensland Acland is a small town north of Oakey, on the Darling Downs, west of Queensland's state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Acland had a population of 53.... |
Toowoomba | 1921 | 2005 | |
Adavale State School | Adavale | Quilpie | 1888 | 1968 | |
Allan State School | Allan | Southern Downs | 1872 | 1967 | Formerly Sandy Creek |
Amby State School | Amby | Maranoa | 1894 | 1997 | |
Anduramba State School | Anduramba | Toowoomba | 1912 | 1959 | |
Athol State School | Athol | Toowoomba | 1887 | 1962 | |
Aubigny State School | Aubigny | Toowoomba | 1921 | 1967 | |
Baking Board State School | Baking Board | Western Downs | 1909 | 1961 | |
Bapaume State School | Bapaume | Southern Downs | 1925 | 1982 | |
Barakula State School | Barakula | Western Downs | 1912 | 1982 | |
Beardmore State School | Beardmore | Western Downs | 1960 | 1997 | |
Belah State School | Belah | Western Downs | 1915 | 1962 | Formerly Blackwood SS until 1935 |
Berat State School | Berat | Southern Downs | 1887 | 1944 | Formerly Forest Plains SS until 1914 |
Bergen State School | Bergen | Toowoomba | 1896 | 1969 | |
Berndale State School | Berndale | Toowoomba | 1922 | 1956 | |
Bongeen State School | Bongeen | Toowoomba | 1939 | 2005 | |
Bony Mountain State School | Bony Mountain | Southern Downs | 1902 | 1972 | |
Boodua State School | Boodua | Toowoomba | 1908 | 1963 | |
Boonarga State School | Boonarga | Western Downs | 1893 | 1954 | Formerly Hilltop SS |
Branch View State School | Branch View | Toowoomba | 1931 | 1966 | |
Bringalily South State School | Bringalily | Toowoomba | 1940 | 1967 | |
Bringalily State School | Bringalily | Toowoomba | 1934 | 1965 | |
Broxburn State School | Broxburn | Toowoomba | 1898 | 1959 | |
Budgee State School | Budgee | Toowoomba | 1913 | 1965 | |
Bunjinie State School | Bunjinie | Western Downs | 1949 | 1958 | |
Burncluith State School | Burncluith | Western Downs | 1909 | 1962 | |
Bushgrove State School | Bushgrove | Western Downs | 1938 | 1965 | |
Bymount State School | Bymount | Maranoa | 1927 | 1947 | |
Cabawin State School | Cabawin | Western Downs | 1934 | 1960 | |
Canaga State School | Canaga | Western Downs | 1911 | 1962 | |
Canning Vale State School | Canning Vale | Southern Downs | 1913 | 1965 | |
Captain's Mountain State School | Captains Mountain | Toowoomba | 1922 | 1962 | |
Cattle Creek School | Cattle Creek | Western Downs | 1876 | 1922 | |
Cattle Creek Valley State School | Cattle Creek Valley | Western Downs | 1916 | 1971 | |
Cawdor State School | Cawdor | Toowoomba | 1900 | 1951 | |
Cement Mills State School | Cement Mills | Goondiwindi | 1913 | 1975 | |
Cheepie State School | Cheepie | Quilpie | 1915 | 1974 | |
Clintonvale State School | Clintonvale | Southern Downs | 1907 | 2001 | |
Coalbank State School | Coalbank | Toowoomba | 1906 | 1961 | |
Cobba-da-mana State School | Cobba-da-mana | Goondiwindi | 1912 | 1965 | |
Cockatoo State School | Cockatoo | Western Downs | 1984 | 2000 | |
Columboola State School | Columboola | Western Downs | 1896 | 1978 | |
Cooladdi State School | Cooladdi | Murweh | 1970 | 1974 | |
Cottonvale State School | Cottonvale | Southern Downs | 1958 | 2004 | |
Cresley State School | Cresley | Western Downs | 1944 | 1961 | Formerly Cooranga Creek Lower until 1950 |
Daandine State School | Daandine | Western Downs | 1953 | 1968 | |
Dalcouth State School | Dalcouth | Southern Downs | 1908 | 1964 | |
Danderoo State School | Danderoo | Southern Downs | 1900 | 1964 | |
Darr Creek State School | Darr Creek | Western Downs | 1922 | 1961 | |
Daymar State School | Daymar | Balonne | 1946 | 1983 | |
Deuchar State School | Deuchar | Southern Downs | 1921 | 1967 | |
Devon Park State School | Devon Park | Toowoomba | 1903 | 1963 | |
Djuan State School | Djuan | Toowoomba | 1895 | 1969 | |
Doctor's Creek State School | Doctors Creek | Toowoomba | 1893 | 1964 | |
Douglas State School | Douglas Douglas, Queensland Douglas is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia south of the Ross River and west of the city centre.Though mainly residential, it does contain James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital... |
Toowoomba | 1887 | 1959 | |
Ducklo State School | Ducklo | Western Downs | 1915 | 1963 | |
Dulacca North State School | Dulacca North | Western Downs | 1919 | 1953 | |
Dulacca South State School | Dulacca South | Western Downs | 1912 | 1947 | |
East Felton State School | East Felton | Toowoomba | 1921 | 1967 | |
Ehlma State School | Ehlma | Western Downs | 1913 | 1965 | |
Ellangowan State School | Ellangowan | Toowoomba | 1885 | 1967 | School closed 1917-27, 1952-58 |
Emu Vale State School | Emu Vale | Southern Downs | 1876 | 2003 | |
Eukey State School | Eukey | Southern Downs | 1897 | 1964 | |
Euthulla School | Euthulla | Maranoa | 1927 | 1931 | |
Evergreen State School | Evergreen | Toowoomba | 1895 | 1996 | |
Fairyland West State School | Fairyland | Western Downs | 1941 | 1980 | |
Felton South State School | Felton | Toowoomba | 1929 | 1952 | |
Formartin State School | Formartin | Western Downs | 1948 | 1988 | |
Freestone Upper State School | Upper Freestone | Southern Downs | 1874 | 1964 | |
Gladfield State School | Gladfield | Southern Downs | 1887 | 1967 | |
Glenarbon State School | Glenarbon | Goondiwindi | 1933 | 1982 | |
Glenaubyn State School | Glenaubyn | Western Downs | 1915 | 1975 | |
Glencliff State School | Glencliff | Western Downs | 1923 | 1949 | |
Gleneden State School | Gleneden | Western Downs | 1913 | 1953 | |
Glenlyon State School | Glenlyon | Southern Downs | 1899 | 1978 | |
Goombi State School | Goombi | Western Downs | 1915 | 1964 | |
Goombie State School | Goombie | Quilpie | 1875 | 1977 | |
Goomburra State School | Goomburra | Southern Downs | 1881 | 1971 | |
Goondiwindi East State School | Goondiwindi East | Goondiwindi | 1898 | 1947 | |
Gowrie Little Plain State School | Gowrie Little Plain | Toowoomba | 1890 | 1965 | |
Gowrie Mountain State School | Gowrie Mountain | Toowoomba | 1901 | 1967 | |
Gowrie Road State School | Gowrie Junction Gowrie Junction, Queensland Gowrie Junction is a town and locality north-west of Toowoomba. It contains a small shop, a school 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... |
Toowoomba | 1874 | 1936 | |
Greenup State School | Greenup | Goondiwindi | 1955 | 1976 | |
Greenwood State School | Greenwood | Toowoomba | 1886 | 1968 | |
Greymare State School | Greymare | Southern Downs | 1879 | 1966 | |
Groomsville State School | Groomsville | Toowoomba | 1906 | 1951 | |
Gunnewin West State School | Gunnewin | Maranoa | 1928 | 1945 | |
Gurulmundi State School | Gurulmundi | Western Downs | 1928 | 1965 | |
Hampton State School | Hampton Hampton, Queensland Hampton is a town located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane At the 2006 census, Hampton and the surrounding area had a population of 477... |
Toowoomba | 1938 | 1959 | |
Haystack State School | Haystack | Western Downs | 1910 | 1968 | |
Headington Hill State School | Headington Hill | Toowoomba | 1912 | 1967 | |
Hendon State School | Hendon Hendon, Queensland Hendon is a small rural community located in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia, situated 25 kilometres north of Warwick and about 160 kilometres southwest of Brisbane... |
Southern Downs | 1882 | 1954 | |
Hirstglen State School | Hirstglen | Toowoomba | 1930 | 1948 | |
Hodgson State School | Hodgson | Maranoa | 1877 | 1964 | |
Hodgson's Vale State School | Hodgson Vale Hodgson Vale, Queensland Hodgson Vale is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located south of the city centre via New England Highway. The locality is believed to be named for Sir Arthur Hodgson, a pioneer and member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrego in 1868–1869.The area is mostly rural.... |
Toowoomba | 1906 | 1960 | |
Hopeland State School | Hopeland Hopeland, Queensland Hopeland is a farming district south east of Chinchilla, Queensland, on the Darling Downs famous for its rich black, fertile soils. The district is situated on the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion of Queensland. The heavy black soil on which the district sits is considered in the top 3% of... |
Western Downs | 1937 | 2006 | |
Hungerford State School | Hungerford Hungerford, Queensland Hungerford is a locality in outback Queensland, Australia, immediately north of the border with New South Wales and the Dingo fence. At the 2006 census, Hungerford and the surrounding area had a population of 59. Surrounding the town is the Currawinya National Park.-History:The town is named after... |
Bulloo | 1979 | 1981 | |
Hunterton School | Hunterton | Maranoa | 1927 | 1938 | |
Inglewood West State School | Inglewood Inglewood, Queensland Inglewood is a town situated on the southern Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia, south-west of Toowoomba. Inglewood is the second largest town in the Goondiwindi Region as well as being part of the Border Rivers region of waterways.-History:... |
Goondiwindi | 1904 | 1928 | |
Inverramsay State School | Inverramsay | Southern Downs | 1914 | 1965 | |
Irongate State School | Irongate | Toowoomba | 1910 | 1963 | |
Jackson State School | Jackson Jackson, Queensland Jackson is a town in the Maranoa Local government area in Queensland, Australia. The town was based around the rail industry. At the 2006 census, Jackson had a population of 171.Australia's largest onshore oil field is located at Jackson... |
Maranoa | 1892 | 1983 | |
Jarail Creek State School | Jarail Creek | Western Downs | 1925 | 1978 | |
Jingarry State School | Jingarry | Southern Downs | 1919 | 1963 | |
Jinghi Lower State School | Lower Jinghi | Western Downs | 1916 | 1960 | |
Jinghi Valley State School | Jinghi Valley | Western Downs | 1915 | 1967 | |
Jones Gully State School | Jones Gully | Toowoomba | 1902 | 1955 | |
Kilbirnie State School | Kilbirnie | Toowoomba | 1899 | 1961 | |
Kincora State School | Kincora | Toowoomba | 1883 | 1963 | |
Kioma State School | via Toobeah | Goondiwindi | 1959 | 2009 | |
Kleinton State School | Kleinton | Toowoomba | 1911 | 1970 | |
Komine School | Komine | Maranoa | 1920 | 1936 | Formerly Barramundi Tent School until 1924 |
Koondai Creek State School | Koondai Creek | Western Downs | 1912 | 1958 | |
Kooralgin State School | Kooralgin | Toowoomba | 1916 | 1963 | |
Kooroongarra State School | Kooroongarra | Toowoomba | 1891 | 1967 | |
Kragra State School | Kragra | Western Downs | 1955 | 1974 | |
Kupunn State School | Kupunn | Western Downs | 1913 | 1963 | |
Kurumbul State School | Kurumbul | Goondiwindi | 1944 | 1976 | |
Langlands State School | Langlands | Western Downs | 1922 | 1962 | |
Lavelle State School | Lavelle | Toowoomba | 1926 | 1957 | |
Limevale State School | Limevale | Goondiwindi | 1906 | 1963 | |
Linthorpe State School | Linthorpe | Toowoomba | 1900 | 1960 | |
Loch Lomond State School | Loch Lomond | Southern Downs | 1903 | 1976 | |
Lyra State School | Lyra | Southern Downs | 1929 | 1966 | |
Macalister State School | Macalister Macalister, Queensland Macalister is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region local government area and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Macalister and the surrounding area had a population of... |
Western Downs | 1894 | 1973 | |
Maclagan North State School | Maclagan North | Toowoomba | 1922 | 1962 | |
Maclagan State School | Maclagan | Toowoomba | 1904 | 1962 | |
Malling State School | Malling | Western Downs | 1917 | 1971 | |
Mangalore State School | Mangalore | Murweh | 1968 | 1974 | |
Manipouri State School | Manipouri | Toowoomba | 1930 | 1952 | |
Millwood State School | Millwood | Toowoomba | 1944 | 1965 | |
Mooga School | Mooga | Maranoa | 1905 | 1937 | |
Moola State School | Moola Moola, Queensland Moola is a town in the Western Downs Regional Council Local government area in Queensland, Australia, and is located 20km north of the Warrego Highway east of Dalby. At the 2006 census, Moola had a population of 325.... |
Western Downs | 1904 | 1967 | |
Mount Abundance State School | Mount Abundance | Maranoa | 1951 | 1985 | |
Mount Colliery State School | Mount Colliery | Southern Downs | 1915 | 1967 | |
Mount Emlyn State School | Mount Emlyn | Toowoomba | 1920 | 1957 | |
Mount Gordon State School | Mount Gordon | Southern Downs | 1913 | 1985 | |
Mount Kent State School | Mount Kent | Toowoomba | 1883 | 1959 | |
Mount Marcella State School | Mount Marcella | Toowoomba | 1958 | 1963 | |
Mount Marshall State School | Mount Marshall | Southern Downs | 1923 | 1965 | |
Mount Sibley State School | Mount Sibley | Toowoomba | 1905 | 1953 | |
Mountain View State School | Mountain View | Southern Downs | 1895 | 1965 | |
Muckadilla State School | Muckadilla | Maranoa | 1886 | 2009 | |
Muldu State School | Muldu | Toowoomba | 1917 | 1966 | |
Mungindi State School | Mungindi | Balonne | 1894 | 1968 | |
Nangwee State School | Nangwee | Toowoomba | 1921 | 1961 | |
Nevilton State School | Nevilton | Toowoomba | 1903 | 1958 | |
North Branch State School | North Branch | Southern Downs | 1926 | 1958 | |
Norwin State School | Norwin | Toowoomba | 1924 | 1996 | |
Nudley State School | Nudley | Western Downs | 1913 | 1956 | |
Nungil State School | Nungil | Toowoomba | 1904 | 1949 | |
Nutgrove State School | Nutgrove | Toowoomba | 1923 | 1947 | |
Oralla School | Oralla | Oralla | 1918 | 1928 | |
Pampas State School | Pampas | Toowoomba | 1897 | 1957 | |
Pechey State School | Pechey | Toowoomba | 1889 | 1959 | |
Pelican State School | Pelican | Western Downs | 1908 | 1986 | |
Peranga State School | Peranga Peranga, Queensland Peranga is a small town on the Darling Downs, north-west of Toowoomba and 55 km north-east of Dalby in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Peranga and the surrounding area had a population of 183.... |
Toowoomba | 1915 | 1973 | |
Pickenjennie School | Pickinjinnie | Maranoa | 1896 | 1927 | Formerly Poybah School |
Pierce Creek State School | Pierce Creek | Toowoomba | 1908 | 1959 | |
Pilton Upper State School | Upper Pilton | Toowoomba | 1908 | 1963 | |
Pinelands State School | Pinelands | Toowoomba | 1904 | 1961 | |
Pirrinuan State School | Pirrinuan | Western Downs | 1911 | 1961 | |
Plainby State School | Plainby | Toowoomba | 1889 | 1959 | |
Pratten State School | Pratten | Southern Downs | 1876 | 1965 | |
Rocky Creek State School | Rocky Creek | Toowoomba | 1903 | 1972 | |
Roma Junior School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1964 | 2005 | Became campus of Roma State College |
Roma Middle School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1987 | 2005 | Became campus of Roma State College |
Roma Senior State High School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1920 | 1986 | Became Roma Middle School |
Roma Special School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1982 | 1995 | |
Roma State School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1870 | 1986 | Split between Roma Junior and Roma Middle |
Rossvale State School | Rossvale | Toowoomba | 1899 | 1985 | |
Rywung State School | Rywung | Western Downs | 1944 | 1968 | |
Silverleigh State School | Silverleigh | Toowoomba | 1902 | 1967 | |
Sladevale State School | Sladevale | Southern Downs | 1899 | 1967 | |
Somme State School | Somme | Southern Downs | 1949 | 1962 | |
Southbrook State School | Southbrook | Toowoomba | 1882 | 1948 | |
Spring Flat State School | Spring Flat | Western Downs | 1893 | 1929 | |
Springside State School | Springside | Toowoomba | 1888 | 1954 | |
Springvale State School | Springvale | Western Downs | 1954 | 1965 | |
Swan Creek State School | Swan Creek | Southern Downs | 1870 | 1997 | |
Swanfels State School | Swanfels | Southern Downs | 1892 | 1980 | |
Table Top State School (near Allora) | near Allora Allora, Queensland Allora is a town in south-western Queensland, Australia, on the Darling Downs 158 km south-west of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is in the Southern Downs Region. The township is located on the New England Highway between Warwick and Toowoomba... |
Southern Downs | 1952 | 1962 | |
Talgai West State School | Talgai West | Southern Downs | 1902 | 1963 | |
Tangkam State School | Tangkam | Toowoomba | 1918 | 1961 | |
Thanes Creek State School | Thanes Creek | Southern Downs | 1892 | 1965 | |
The Falls State School | The Falls | Southern Downs | 1948 | 1974 | Formerly Ferndale SS until 1953 |
Thorndale State School | Thorndale | Southern Downs | 1946 | 1964 | |
Thornville State School | Thornville | Toowoomba | 1909 | 1975 | |
Tipton State School | Tipton | Toowoomba | 1884 | 1948 | |
Toobeah State School | Toobeah | Goondiwindi | 1914 | 1964 | |
Toowoomba South Boys State School | South Toowoomba South Toowoomba, Queensland South Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly south of the city centre.The suburb is home to City Golf Course, the Downs Shopping Centre, St Saviour's College and Toowoomba South State School.... |
Toowoomba | 1865 | 1983 | |
Toowoomba Special School | Toowoomba City Toowoomba City, Queensland Toowoomba City is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, containing its central business district.-Education:* Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE * Toowoomba North State School... |
Toowoomba | 1960 | 1997 | |
Top Camp State School | Top Camp Top Camp, Queensland Top Camp is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the city centre via New England Highway.... |
Toowoomba | 1947 | 1960 | |
Tummaville State School | Tummaville | Toowoomba | 1880 | 1962 | |
Ulimaroa State School | Ulimaroa | Western Downs | 1949 | 1967 | |
Umbiram State School | Umbiram | Toowoomba | 1908 | 1975 | |
Walkers Creek State School | Walkers Creek | Western Downs | 1919 | 1958 | |
Wallingford State School | Wallingford | Toowoomba | 1919 | 1967 | |
Wambo Creek State School | Wambo Creek | Western Downs | 1946 | 1961 | |
Watsons Crossing State School | Watsons Crossing | Goondiwindi | 1919 | 1983 | |
Weengallon State School | Weengallon | Balonne | 1916 | 1986 | |
Westbrook State School | Westbrook | Toowoomba | 1910 | 1969 | |
Westbrook Youth Centre | Westbrook | Toowoomba | 1900 | 1994 | Westbrook Reformatory School until 1919, Farm Home for Boys 1966 |
Wetalla State School | Wetalla | Toowoomba | 1874 | 1932 | Formerly Gowrie Creek until 1904 |
Whetstone State School | Whetstone | Goondiwindi | 1917 | 1958 | |
Willowburn (Home for Epileptics) | Rockville Rockville, Queensland Rockville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north-west of the city centre.Rockville was named after Rockville Estate, consisting of 114 allotments in the area ranging from to , which itself was named after Rockville House. The suburb was officially named in 1981.The eastern... |
Toowoomba | 1916 | 1964 | |
Willowvale State School | Willowvale | Southern Downs | 1908 | 1967 | |
Woodview State School | Woodview | Toowoomba | 1886 | 1974 | |
Wutul State School | Wutul | Toowoomba | 1914 | 1961 | |
Wyberba State School | Wyberba | Southern Downs | 1895 | 1976 | |
Wychie State School | Wychie | Western Downs | 1946 | 1962 | |
Wycombe State School | Wycombe | Maranoa | 1979 | 2009 | |
Yalebone School | Yalebone | Maranoa | 1911 | 1925 | |
Yarraman Upper State School | Upper Yarraman | Toowoomba | 1905 | 2002 | |
Yarranlea State School | Yarranlea | Toowoomba | 1883 | 1977 | |
Yellowbank Junction State School | near Injune Injune, Queensland Injune is a small town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Carnarvon Highway, north of the regional centre of Roma. A railway connected Injune with Roma from 1920 until 1966... |
Maranoa | 1991 | 2001 | |
Yingerbay State School | Yingerbay | Maranoa | 1895 | 1940 | |
Yuleba Creek State School | Yuleba Creek | Maranoa | 1867 | 1999 |
Catholic primary schools
In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious ordersRoman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.
Within the region, most schools are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Toowoomba
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba is a Latin rite suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, established in 1929, covering the Darling Downs and south west regions of Queensland, Australia.St...
. They are supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holy Name Primary School | Toowoomba City Toowoomba City, Queensland Toowoomba City is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, containing its central business district.-Education:* Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE * Toowoomba North State School... |
Toowoomba | 1916 | Website | |
Mary MacKillop Catholic School | Highfields Highfields, Queensland Highfields is a town, just north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia along the New England Highway. It is situated on the Great Dividing Range, slightly north of Mount Kynoch. It serves as a satellite town to the city of Toowoomba, accommodating many of Toowoomba businesses' employees... |
Toowoomba | 2003 | Website | |
Mater Dei Primary School | East Toowoomba East Toowoomba, Queensland East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.-Education:The suburb contains the main Bridge Street campus of Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent schools, Toowoomba Grammar School and Fairholme College .In... |
Toowoomba | 1917 | Website | |
Our Lady of Lourdes School | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1940 | Website | |
Sacred Heart Primary School | Wilsonton Wilsonton, Queensland Wilsonton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located west of the central business district.The suburb, officially named in 1981, is believed to honour James T. Wilson, an 1870s businessman and supporter of the Toowoomba Agricultural Society... |
Toowoomba | 1970 | Website | |
Sacred Heart School | Cunnamulla Cunnamulla, Queensland Cunnamulla is a small town that lies on the Warrego River in south west Queensland, Australia, south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane.... |
Paroo | 1915 | ||
St Joseph's Primary School | Chinchilla Chinchilla, Queensland Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Chinchilla had a population of 3,681.The town was established in 1877... |
Western Downs | 1923 | ||
St Anthony's School | Harristown Harristown, Queensland Harristown is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located to the southwest of the city centre.The suburb was officially named in 1981, and is believed to honour George Harris , a Brisbane businessman. Originally in the Shire of Drayton, the suburb was first opened as the Harristown Estate... |
Toowoomba | 1954 | Website | |
St Finbarr's School | Quilpie Quilpie, Queensland -External links:* *... |
Quilpie | 1950 | Website | |
St Francis de Sales School | Clifton Clifton, Queensland Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067.... |
Toowoomba | 1917 | Website | |
St Joseph's School | Millmerran Millmerran, Queensland Millmerran is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Gore Highway, 208 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane... |
Toowoomba | 1959 | Website | |
St Joseph's School | Tara Tara, Queensland Tara is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, located 300 kilometres south west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tara had a population of 819... |
Western Downs | 1965 | ||
St Maria Goretti's School | Inglewood Inglewood, Queensland Inglewood is a town situated on the southern Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia, south-west of Toowoomba. Inglewood is the second largest town in the Goondiwindi Region as well as being part of the Border Rivers region of waterways.-History:... |
Goondiwindi | 1951 | ||
St Mary's School | Charleville Charleville, Queensland Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres... |
Murweh | 1913 | ||
St Mary's School | Goondiwindi | Goondiwindi | 1911 | Website | |
St Mary's School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1874 | Website | |
St Monica's School | Oakey Oakey, Queensland Oakey is a rural town situated in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated west of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Oakey had a population of 3,657.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 1921 | Website | |
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Allora Allora, Queensland Allora is a town in south-western Queensland, Australia, on the Darling Downs 158 km south-west of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is in the Southern Downs Region. The township is located on the New England Highway between Warwick and Toowoomba... |
Southern Downs | 1916 | Website | |
St Patrick's School | Mitchell Mitchell, Queensland Mitchell is a town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is on the Warrego Highway, 587 kilometres west of Brisbane and 176 kilometres east of Charleville. At the 2006 census, Mitchell had a population of 944.... |
Maranoa | 1925 | Website | |
St Patrick's School | St George St George, Queensland St George is a town of approximately 2400 people in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell who crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. At the 2006 census, St George had a population of... |
Balonne | 1933 | Website | |
St Saviour's Primary School | South Toowoomba South Toowoomba, Queensland South Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly south of the city centre.The suburb is home to City Golf Course, the Downs Shopping Centre, St Saviour's College and Toowoomba South State School.... |
Toowoomba | 1873 | Website | |
St Stephen's School | Pittsworth Pittsworth, Queensland Pittsworth is a town located in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia.-Location:Located 169 km south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, 41 km south-west of Toowoomba and 518 m above sea-level, Pittsworth presents itself to the world as a town with lots of interesting... |
Toowoomba | 1916 | ||
St Thomas More's School | Centenary Heights Centenary Heights, Queensland Centenary Heights is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.Previously part of Middle Ridge, the area was named Centenary Heights in 1960 in honour of the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859.... |
Toowoomba | 1961 | Website |
Catholic high schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assumption College | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | 1969 | Website | |
Downlands College Downlands College Downlands College, officially Downlands Sacred Heart College, is a private, secondary, coeducational, day and boarding school in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Founded by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1931, the College began as a boarding school for boys with a total enrolment of... |
Harlaxton Harlaxton, Queensland Harlaxton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north of the city centre.The name originates from Harlaxton House, probably named for Harlaxton in Lincolnshire, England, and built in 1869 in what is now Munro Street as the residence of Francis Thomas Gregory... |
Toowoomba | 1931 | Website | |
Our Lady of the Southern Cross College | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | 2008 | Website | P-12. |
St John's School | Roma Roma, Queensland Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways... |
Maranoa | 1942 | Website | P–12. |
St Joseph's College | Rangeville Rangeville, Queensland Rangeville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located south-east of the city centre.As closer settlement moved further along the range from Toowoomba, the suburb appears to have been named Rangeville to distinguish it from The Range, which was the general term for the area along the... |
Toowoomba | 1956 | Website | |
St Joseph's School | Stanthorpe Stanthorpe, Queensland Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt... |
Southern Downs | 1875 | Website | P–12. |
St. Mary's College St. Mary's College, Toowoomba St. Mary's College, Toowoomba is an all-boys Roman Catholic college in Queensland, Australia. The College was established by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1898, and currently has an enrolment of approximately 640 students from years 5 to 12.... |
Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1899 | Website | 5–12 boys. |
St Saviour's College | South Toowoomba South Toowoomba, Queensland South Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly south of the city centre.The suburb is home to City Golf Course, the Downs Shopping Centre, St Saviour's College and Toowoomba South State School.... |
Toowoomba | 1873 | Website | |
St Ursula's College | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | 1931 | Website | |
Youth & Community Learning Centre | North Toowoomba North Toowoomba, Queensland North Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly north of the city centre.... |
Toowoomba | 2001 | Alternative |
Independent schools
Most independent schools cater for students from preparatory to year 12.Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agnew School | Toowoomba | Toowoomba | Exclusive Brethren Exclusive Brethren The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848.... |
2003 | Website | |
Agnew School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Exclusive Brethren Exclusive Brethren The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848.... |
2003 | Website | |
Cabarlah Community School | Highfields Highfields, Queensland Highfields is a town, just north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia along the New England Highway. It is situated on the Great Dividing Range, slightly north of Mount Kynoch. It serves as a satellite town to the city of Toowoomba, accommodating many of Toowoomba businesses' employees... |
Toowoomba | Independent | 2006 | P–7 | |
Chinchilla Christian School | Chinchilla Chinchilla, Queensland Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Chinchilla had a population of 3,681.The town was established in 1877... |
Western Downs | Christian | 1983 | Website | P–7 |
Christian Outreach College Toowoomba Christian Outreach College Toowoomba Christian Outreach College Toowoomba is independent, co-educational, Christian day school, located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia which offers education from kindergarten through grade 12. COCT is a private school located in Toowoomba, QLD which caters for approximately 800 students... |
Kearneys Spring Kearneys Spring, Queensland Kearneys Spring is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located south of the city centre via New England Highway.The suburb was named for a family who had a dairy farm in the area... |
Toowoomba | Christian | 1982 | Website | |
Concordia Lutheran College | Harristown Harristown, Queensland Harristown is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located to the southwest of the city centre.The suburb was officially named in 1981, and is believed to honour George Harris , a Brisbane businessman. Originally in the Shire of Drayton, the suburb was first opened as the Harristown Estate... |
Toowoomba | Lutheran | 1946 | Website | P–12 |
Concordia Lutheran College (Primary Campus) | North Toowoomba North Toowoomba, Queensland North Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly north of the city centre.... |
Toowoomba | Lutheran | 1977 | P–6; formerly Martin Luther PS | |
Dalby Christian College | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | Christian | 1981 | Website | |
Darling Downs Christian School | Glenvale Glenvale, Queensland Glenvale is a district in Queensland, Australia, that comprises part of greater Toowoomba's western suburbs. During the 1990s and 2000s it was a hive of new construction, with new housing estates opening almost monthly.-History:... |
Toowoomba | 7DA | 1942 | Website | |
Fairholme College Fairholme College Fairholme College is an independent, day and boarding school for girls, located in Toowoomba, one of Australia's largest provincial cities, in South East Queensland, Australia.... |
East Toowoomba East Toowoomba, Queensland East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.-Education:The suburb contains the main Bridge Street campus of Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent schools, Toowoomba Grammar School and Fairholme College .In... |
Toowoomba | Presbyterian | 1917 | Website | |
Glenvale Christian School | Glenvale Glenvale, Queensland Glenvale is a district in Queensland, Australia, that comprises part of greater Toowoomba's western suburbs. During the 1990s and 2000s it was a hive of new construction, with new housing estates opening almost monthly.-History:... |
Toowoomba | Christian | 1997 | Website | |
Maridahdi Early Childhood Community School | Rangeville Rangeville, Queensland Rangeville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located south-east of the city centre.As closer settlement moved further along the range from Toowoomba, the suburb appears to have been named Rangeville to distinguish it from The Range, which was the general term for the area along the... |
Toowoomba | Independent | 2006 | Website | |
School of Total Education | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Independent | 1981 | Website | |
The Glennie School | Newtown Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) Newtown is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, located directly west of the city centre.The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes, in 1865... |
Toowoomba | Anglican | 1908 | Website | |
The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College is an independent, co-educational, Uniting Church, day and boarding school, located in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.The College currently caters for approximately 450 international and Australian students from Prep to year 12, including 180 boarders.Located on two campuses,... |
Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Uniting Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union.... |
1970 | Website | |
The Toowoomba Preparatory School Toowoomba Preparatory School Toowoomba Preparatory School is a private co-educational primary school located in Toowoomba, Queensland. It has an average enrolment of approximately 500 students. It has three sporting ovals and a multipurpose court... |
East Toowoomba East Toowoomba, Queensland East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.-Education:The suburb contains the main Bridge Street campus of Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent schools, Toowoomba Grammar School and Fairholme College .In... |
Toowoomba | Anglican | 1911 | Website | P–7 |
Toowoomba Christian College | Highfields Highfields, Queensland Highfields is a town, just north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia along the New England Highway. It is situated on the Great Dividing Range, slightly north of Mount Kynoch. It serves as a satellite town to the city of Toowoomba, accommodating many of Toowoomba businesses' employees... |
Toowoomba | Christian | 1979 | Website | |
Toowoomba Grammar School Toowoomba Grammar School Toowoomba Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding grammar school for boys, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.... |
East Toowoomba East Toowoomba, Queensland East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located from the central business district.-Education:The suburb contains the main Bridge Street campus of Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent schools, Toowoomba Grammar School and Fairholme College .In... |
Toowoomba | Independent | 1877 | Website | |
Warwick Christian College | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Christian | 2007 | Website |
Defunct private schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Closed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Outreach College (Dalby) | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | Christian | 1984 | 1991 | |
Concordia Primary School | Harristown Harristown, Queensland Harristown is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located to the southwest of the city centre.The suburb was officially named in 1981, and is believed to honour George Harris , a Brisbane businessman. Originally in the Shire of Drayton, the suburb was first opened as the Harristown Estate... |
Toowoomba | Lutheran primary | 1964 | 2007 | Merged into Concordia Lutheran College |
Goondiwindi Christian Education Centre | Goondiwindi | Goondiwindi | Christian | 1991 | 1996 | |
Holy Cross School | Miles Miles, Queensland Miles is a small town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miles had a population of 1,164.The town is situated on the Warrego Highway, 340 kilometres west of Brisbane, the state capital. Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer... |
Western Downs | Catholic primary | 1926 | 1989 | |
Mount Tully Community School | Severnlea | Southern Downs | Independent | 1985 | 1994 | |
Presbyterian Girls' College | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Presbyterian girls | 1918 | 1969 | Amalgamated into The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College is an independent, co-educational, Uniting Church, day and boarding school, located in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.The College currently caters for approximately 450 international and Australian students from Prep to year 12, including 180 boarders.Located on two campuses,... |
Sacred Heart School | Texas Texas, Queensland Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales... |
Goondiwindi | Catholic primary | 1980 | 1987 | |
St Columba's Primary School | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | Catholic primary | 1877 | 2007 | Amalgamated into Our Lady of the Southern Cross College |
St Joseph's School | Augathella Augathella, Queensland Augathella is a town in western Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Murweh Shire. Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charleville, and west of Brisbane . The town lies on the banks of the Warrego River... |
Murweh | Catholic primary | 1928 | 200? | |
St Mary's College | Dalby Dalby, Queensland Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest... |
Western Downs | Catholic high | 1963 | 2007 | Amalgamated into Our Lady of the Southern Cross College |
Scots College | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Presbyterian boys | 1918 | 1969 | Amalgamated into The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College The Scots PGC College is an independent, co-educational, Uniting Church, day and boarding school, located in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.The College currently caters for approximately 450 international and Australian students from Prep to year 12, including 180 boarders.Located on two campuses,... |
Slade School | Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562.... |
Southern Downs | Independent | 1926 | 1997 | |
Stanthorpe Adventist Primary School | Stanthorpe Stanthorpe, Queensland Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt... |
Southern Downs | 7DA | 1982 | 2002 |
External links
- Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- CEO Toowoomba
- About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.