:Rangeville, Queensland

Rangeville is located {{convert|5|km|mi|0}} south-east of the Toowoomba city centre.

The suburb's eastern boundary is along the top of the Great Dividing Range and is home to four reserves:

• Mount Tabletop ({{Coord|-27.5825|152.01444|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Tabletop}}){{Cite QPN|33098|Mount Tabletop|mountain in the Toowoomba Region|access-date=15 June 2023}} (also known by the Indigenous name or Meewah and also written as Table Top Mountain and Tabletop Mountain{{cite web|format=Photo|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151692828/viewurl=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151692828/view|first=Alfred|last=Amos|title=Tabletop Mountain from Picnic Point, Toowoomba, Queensland, August 1945 [picture]|date=1945}} and formerly One Tree Hill) is accessible via two routes: Stevenson Street dirt carpark, or drive to the base of the mountain dirt carpark via South Street and Table Top Drive.{{cite web | title=Rangeville - Table Top Mountain Bushland Reserve | website=Home | date=23 July 2020 | url=http://tr.qld.gov.au/component/bcd/rangeville-table-top-mountain | access-date=5 August 2020 | archive-date=5 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805070419/http://tr.qld.gov.au/component/bcd/rangeville-table-top-mountain | url-status=live }}{{cite web | author=ccalcino | title=Table Top Mtn: How to climb our natural treasure | website=Chronicle | date=5 June 2014 | url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/visitors-hit-heights-on-mountain/2279594/ | access-date=5 August 2020 | archive-date=12 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712042014/https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/visitors-hit-heights-on-mountain/2279594/ | url-status=live }} The mountain was the site of the Battle of One Tree Hill in September 1843, in which a group of Aboriginal Australians under the warrior Multuggerah ambushed and routed a group of 18 armed men.{{cite web |last=Kerkhove |first=Ray |date=19 August 2017 |title=Battle of One Tree Hill and Its Aftermath |url=https://frontierbattle.wordpress.com/battle-of-one-tree-hill-and-its-aftermath/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029130225/https://frontierbattle.wordpress.com/battle-of-one-tree-hill-and-its-aftermath/ |archive-date=29 October 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}} Note: Dr Ray Kerkhove, owner of this site, is a reputable historian. See [https://uniqld.academia.edu/raykerkhove here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020134/https://uniqld.academia.edu/raykerkhove|date=24 August 2020}} and [https://www.boolarongpress.com.au/our-authors/authors-k/ray-kerkhove/ here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020113350/https://www.boolarongpress.com.au/our-authors/authors-k/ray-kerkhove/|date=20 October 2020}}.{{cite web | last=Marr | first=David | title=Battle of One Tree Hill: remembering an Indigenous victory and a warrior who routed the whites | website=the Guardian | date=14 September 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/15/battle-of-one-tree-hill-cutting-through-silence-to-remember-a-warrior-who-routed-the-whites | access-date=5 August 2020 | archive-date=5 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805060402/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/15/battle-of-one-tree-hill-cutting-through-silence-to-remember-a-warrior-who-routed-the-whites | url-status=live }}
• Picnic Point Park, which has several lookouts, a restaurant and a bar. At Picnic Point a 150-foot flagpole was erected as part of the Q150 celebrations.{{cite web |url=http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/aussie-flag-flies-high-over-picnic-point/130668/ |title=Aussie flag flies high over Picnic Point |date=14 January 2009 |publisher=The Chronicle |access-date=9 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110205446/http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/aussie-flag-flies-high-over-picnic-point/130668/ |archive-date=10 November 2014 |url-status=live }}
• McKnight Park.
• J. E. Duggan Park, named for former Labor Opposition leader, Jack Duggan, who represented the local area for over 30 years. The western boundary along East Creek is home to the Toowoomba Bicentennial Waterbird Habitat.

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 Great Dividing Range.{{cite QPN|48049|Rangeville|access-date=4 June 2011}}

The Range State School opened on 1 July 1909. In December 1909, it was renamed Rangeville State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

On Saturday 20 April 1912, a stump-capping ceremony was conducted for the Rangeville Methodist Church.{{cite news|date=23 April 1912|title=TOOWOOMBA AND DISTRICT|page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=16,935|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19739193|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208232658/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19739193|url-status=live}} It was officially opened on Sunday 28 July 1912.{{cite news|date=27 July 1912|title=Advertising|volume=LV|page=1|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=10,058|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179979886|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208232702/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179979886|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=31 July 1912|title=METHODIST CHURCH|volume=LV|page=5|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=10,061|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179975332|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208232703/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179975332|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Rangeville Methodist Church (1912)|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=754|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207023542/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=754|url-status=live}} A new church was built in 1963, becoming Rangeville Uniting Church in 1977 with the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia. The church was at 13-17 High Street ({{Coord|-27.5806|151.9784|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Rangeville Methodist Church (former)}}).{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Rangeville Methodist Church (1963)|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5077|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207023544/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5077|url-status=live}} In 2004, it became Rangeville Community Church, which established a new church complex in Mackenzie Street in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Our Journey|url=https://www.rangeville.com/about-rangeville/our-journey/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Rangeville Community Church|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207023640/https://www.rangeville.com/about-rangeville/our-journey/|url-status=live}} Since 2010, the former Methodist/Uniting Church building is now a childcare centre.{{Cite web|title=Rangeville Early Education Centre|url=https://www.acecqa.gov.au/resources/national-registers/services/rangeville-early-education-centre|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207023549/https://www.acecqa.gov.au/resources/national-registers/services/rangeville-early-education-centre|url-status=live}}

In 1955 William Brennan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Toowoomba, invited the Christian Brothers to establish a boys' school in eastern Toowoomba. Three brothers were appointed and arrived in October 1955. The foundation stone for the school was laid on 15 December 1955. St Joseph's College opened in 1956 offering schooling from Year 4 to Year 12 with an initial enrolment of 116 boys. The official opening was held in September 1956 and was conducted by Bishop Brennan and James Duhig, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane. The Christian Brothers ceased operating the school in 1983. Other changes at that time was to phase out the primary school and make the school secondary only. The school also offered enrolment to girls.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sjc.qld.edu.au/our-college/our-history/|title=Our History|website=St Joseph's College|access-date=2019-12-06|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206074339/https://www.sjc.qld.edu.au/our-college/our-history/|url-status=live}}

In 1958, land was purchased for an Anglican church with an Anglican communion service being conducted on the site on 13 April 1958. The congregation bought the former Christadelphian Church in Herries Street, Toowoomba, and relocated it to the Rangeville site to use as a hall for both Sunday school and church services. By 1969, the congregation was able to undertake the construction of their first church, with St Mark the Evangelist's Anglican Church being opened and dedicated by Bishop John Hudson on Sunday 27 September 1970. Bishop Ralph Wicks performed the consecration on 29 August 1976.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Rangeville had a population of 8,312 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32414|name=Rangeville (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Rangeville had a population of 8,668 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32390|name=Rangeville (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Rodway at Rangeville.jpg residence, 2014]]

Rangeville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 1 South Street: Geeumbi{{cite QHR|15642|Geeumbi|600867|access-date=15 July 2013}}
• 2 South Street: Rodway{{cite QHR|15643|Rodway|600868|access-date=9 November 2014}}
• 168 Tourist Road: Picnic Point and adjacent Parkland{{cite QHR|15969|Picnic Point and adjacent Parkland|601205|access-date=15 July 2013}}

Rangeville State School is a government primary (early childhood – 6) school for boys and girls at 32A High Street ({{coord|-27.5830|151.9783|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Rangeville State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Rangeville State School |url=https://rangevilless.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Rangeville State School |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610150951/https://rangevilless.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 732 students with 58 teachers (51 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}} It includes a special education program.{{cite web|url=https://www.rangevilless.eq.edu.au|title=Rangeville SS - Special Education Program|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502105552/http://rangevilless.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=2 May 2012|url-status=live}}

St Joseph's College is a Catholic secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 54 James Street ({{coord|-27.5715|151.9701|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.sjc.qld.edu.au|title=St Joseph's College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111083801/http://sjc.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=11 November 2018|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 801 students with 64 teachers (61 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (31 full-time equivalent).

There are no government secondary schools in Rangeville. The nearest government secondary school is Centenary Heights State High School in neighbouring Centenary Heights to the west.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=19 August 2023}}

There are a number of churches in Rangeville, including:

• St Mark's Anglican Church, 9-11 High Street ({{Coord|-27.5799|151.9785|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Mark's Anglican Church}}){{Cite web|title=An Anglican Church in Toowoomba|url=https://www.stlukestoowoomba.org.au/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=St Luke's Toowoomba|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207032930/https://www.stlukestoowoomba.org.au/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=The History of St Marks and All Saints {{!}} Toowoomba|url=https://www.stlukestoowoomba.org.au/about/st_marks__all-saints/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=St Luke's Toowoomba|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207025145/https://www.stlukestoowoomba.org.au/about/st_marks__all-saints/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=St Mark's Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2604-st-markand#39;s-anglican-church|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207024611/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2604-st-markand#39;s-anglican-church|url-status=live}}
• St Bartholomew's (St Bart's) Anglican Church, 103 Stenner Street ({{Coord|-27.5970|151.9791|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Bartholomew's (St Bart's) Anglican Church}}){{Cite web|title=St Bart's Anglican Church|url=https://stbarts.com.au/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=St Bart's Anglican Church|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207040415/https://stbarts.com.au/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=St Bartholomew's Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2583-st-bartholomewand#39;s-anglican-church|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208232706/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2583-st-bartholomewand#39;s-anglican-church|url-status=live}}
• Rangeville Community Church, part of the Southern Cross Association of Churches, 362 Mackenzie Street ({{Coord|-27.5944|151.9704|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Rangeville Community Church}}){{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.rangeville.com/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Rangeville Community Church|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207025205/https://www.rangeville.com/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Rangeville Community Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/1943-rangeville-community-church|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207024123/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/other-denominations/directory/1943-rangeville-community-church|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Rangeville Community Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6211|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207024126/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6211|url-status=live}}

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