Lockrose

Lockrose is a rural locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Lockrose had a population of 562 people.[1]

Lockrose
Queensland
Green Pastures Lutheran Church, 2019
Lockrose is located in Queensland
Lockrose
Lockrose
Coordinates27.4937°S 152.4606°E / -27.4937; 152.4606
Population562 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density35.80/km2 (92.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4342
Area15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Lockrose:
Kentville Lynford Mount Tarampa
Glenore Grove Lockrose Brightview
Regency Downs Regency Downs Brightview

Geography

Lockrose is in South East Queensland. The northern boundary of Lockrose is marked by Lockyer Creek and the southern boundary by Brightview Road.[4]

Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality.[4]

Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation.[4]

History

Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909.[5][6]

Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance including the children at the school who were given a holiday so they could attend. It was described as the largest festival to have taken place in Lockrose. The wooden church was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and cost £136 (including fencing) and was free of debt at its opening.[7][8]

Lockrose Post Office opened by 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1906) and closed in 1972.[9]

Lockrose had a population of 553 at the 2011 Census.[10]

Education
Lockrose State School, 2019

Lockrose State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Zabel Road (27.4936°S 152.4601°E / -27.4936; 152.4601 (Lockrose State School)).[11][12] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 64 students with 5 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).[13]

There is no secondary school in Lockrose. The nearest secondary school is in Lowood, with others in Rosewood, Laidley and Gatton.[4]

Amenities

Services are held at the Green Pastures Lutheran Church in Zabel Road each Sunday.[14] There is a cemetery behind the church.[15]

References
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  2. "Lockrose – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44973)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. "Lockrose – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44883)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. "Lockrose Lutheran Church Opened". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXVI, no. 16, 173. Queensland, Australia. 11 November 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Our Lockrose Letter". Queensland Times. Vol. LI, no. 7667. Queensland, Australia. 18 November 1909. p. 8 (DAILY). Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lockrose (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  11. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  12. "Lockrose State School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  13. "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  14. "Lutheran Church Lockrose Green Pastures Congregation, Qld". Lockrose Green Pastures Congregation, Qld. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  15. "Lockrose Green Pastures Lutheran Cemetery, Laidley Shire". Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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