Clifton, Queensland#Education
{{Short description|Town in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Clifton
| state = qld
| image = Old_Clifton_Dairy.jpg
| caption = The Old Clifton Butter Factory, 2007. Now demolished.
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.9325|151.9055|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Clifton (town centre)}}
| pop = 1490
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established = 1840
| postcode = 4361
| area = 45.9
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| lga = Toowoomba Region
| stategov = Condamine
| fedgov = Maranoa
| dist1 = 17.3
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Allora
| dist2 = 45.1
| dir2 = NNW
| location2 = Warwick
| dist3 = 45.7
| dir3 = S
| location3 = Toowoomba
| dist4 = 159
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Brisbane
| near-n = Kings Creek
| near-ne = Missen Flat
| near-e = Headington Hill
| near-se = Spring Creek
| near-s = Elphinstone
| near-sw = Sandy Camp
| near-w = Ryeford
| near-nw = Kings Creek
}}
Clifton is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|7437|Clifton|town in Toowoomba Region|access-date=5 November 2019}}{{cite QPN|47913|Clifton|locality in Toowoomba Region|access-date=5 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Clifton had a population of 1,490 people.
Geography
Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs. The town is situated just west of the New England Highway, about {{convert|50|km|mi}} south of Toowoomba and {{convert|150|km|mi}} west of Brisbane.
Bange's Airfield, six kilometres west of Clifton, is a centre for ultralight aircraft, and home to the Lone Eagle Flying School and the Darling Downs Sport Aircraft Association Inc. Boab trees are an important cultural heritage feature, particularly alongside the main street.
The New England Highway runs along the eastern boundary. Gatton–Clifton Road enters from the east, Felton-Clifton Road enters from the north, and Clifton-Leyburn Road exits to the west.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Clifton+QLD+4361/@-27.9373269,151.8800129,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b97ae137862fe09:0x400eef17f20a9a0!8m2!3d-27.9328143!4d151.906675?hl=en |access-date=3 March 2022 |title=Clifton}}
The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north (Kings Creek), passes through the centre of town, and exits to the south (Elphinstone). The town is served by the Clifton railway station ({{coord|-27.9308|151.9064|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Clifton railway station}}).{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
History
The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. The town takes its name from a pastoral run named by John Augustus Milbourne Marsh around 1844.
Clifton Post Office opened on 20 April 1869 (it was known as King's Creek for a short period in 1869).{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}
In 1877, {{Convert|6000|acres||abbr=}} were resumed from the Clifton pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=19 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}
Clifton Colliery Provisional School opened on 11 December 1876. It became Clifton Colliery State School on 7 October 1878. It closed in 1936.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}
Clifton Homestead Area State School opened circa 1879 and closed circa 1918.
An undated map shows allotments for sale in the township of King's Creek, situated on the Clifton Estate. The allotments were adjacent to the railway line, close to King's Creek railway station, and King's Creek.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Township of King's Creek : situated on the Clifton Estate, Darling Downs |type=Map |date=c. 1880 – c. 1910 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/483715}} An article in the Darling Downs Gazette on 20 June 1885 notes the sale of allotments at the new township of King's Creek.{{cite news|date=20 June 1885|title=Clifton Estate Sale.|volume=XXIV|page=3|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=5,791|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170828252|access-date=26 November 2019|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094631/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170828252|url-status=live}}
On Sunday 21 October 1888, the Roman Catholic Church of St James and St John was consecrated by Bishop Robert Dunne.{{cite news|date=24 October 1888|title=Dedication of the R.C. Church at Clifton.|volume=XXII|page=2|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=1516|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82083900|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094631/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82083900|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=23 October 1888 |title=Opening of New Catholic Church at Clifton. |page=3 |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser |issue=4123 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217580318 |access-date=30 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}
A Presbyterian church was built in the town in 1890. However, the building became too small for the congregation, so on Wednesday 18 November 1908, there was a stump-capping ceremony for a new Presbyterian church building capable of seating 250 people. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church opened on Wed 3 March 1909.{{cite news |date=21 November 1908 |title=New Presbyterian Church |volume=42 |page=4 |newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times |issue=3785 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82309934 |access-date=30 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} It was described as a "striking and substantial edifice".{{cite news |date=6 March 1909 |title=New Presbyterian Church at Clifton |volume=43 |page=5 |newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times |issue=3834 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82313004 |access-date=30 October 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The foundation stone for All Saints' Anglican Church was laid by Mrs H. Fisher of Headington Hill with an address by the Anglican Bishop of Brisbane William Webber on Thursday 14 March 1889.{{cite news|date=16 March 1889|title=Lady Gossip.|volume=XIII|page=11 (SUPPLEMENT TO QUEENSLAND FIGARO)|newspaper=Queensland Figaro And Punch|issue=317|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84117992|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094632/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84117992|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=16 March 1889|title=District News.|volume=XXXI|page=4|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=7,249|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171034830|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094632/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171034830|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=13 March 1889|title=GENERAL NEWS.|volume=XXXI|page=3|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=7,248|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171040729|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094710/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171040729|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=12 March 1889|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|volume=XXIV|page=2|newspaper=Warwick Argus|issue=1750|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76660688|access-date=26 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014655/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76660688|url-status=live}} It was dedicated later in 1889.{{cite news|date=27 July 1889|title=General News.|volume=XXXVI|page=170|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=721|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19815928|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522070053/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19815928|url-status=live}} In 1905 it was re-built and re-dedicated.{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Year Book|url=https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915033326/https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2020|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane|page=130|volume=2}}
Clifton State School opened on 19 September 1892. On 28 January 1964 it opened a secondary department, an arrangement which continued until Clifton State High School opened on 24 January 1966.
On Sunday 22 April 1900, the new Roman Catholic church opened at Clifton beside the old church. The ceremony was conducted by Bishop Robert Dunne and was attended by over 2,000 people, many of whom travelled by special trains arranged by the Queensland Railways Department.{{cite news|date=24 April 1900|title=CLIFTON.|page=3|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=5974|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217607252|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915094728/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217607252|url-status=live}}
In 1900, a Methodist Church was built in Clifton at a cost of £192 or £196.{{cite news|date=28 October 1901|title=METHODIST SYNOD.|volume=XLIII|page=3|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=10,027|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171558291|access-date=31 October 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|date=30 November 1935|title=METHODISM|page=8|newspaper=Warwick Daily News|issue=5109|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177342278|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=10 September 2021|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911003821/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177342278|url-status=live}} It had closed before 2003.{{When|date=February 2022}}{{Cite web|title=17 Queen Street Clifton Qld 4361|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/property/17-queen-st-clifton-qld-4361?source=property-search-hp|access-date=7 February 2022|website=Realestate.com.au}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It was at 17 Queen Street ({{Coord|-27.9315|151.9084|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Clifton Methodist Church (former)}}).{{Cite web|title=Clifton Methodist Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/methodist-wesleyan-and-other/directory/1701-clifton-methodist-church-former|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014657/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/methodist-wesleyan-and-other/directory/1701-clifton-methodist-church-former|url-status=live}}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27.9312145,151.908247,3a,37.5y,163.37h,91.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMYp7Iqqwv0vIRlfhuX0QEA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664|access-date=7 February 2022|title=Clifton Methodist Church (former)}}
St Francis De Sales' Catholic School was officially opened on 25 February 1917 by Archbishop James Duhig.{{cite news|date=26 February 1917|title=SECTARIANISM.|page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=18,444|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20186605|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 December 2021|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014657/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20186605|url-status=live}} It was initially operated by four Sisters of the Good Samaritan. The original Clifton Catholic Church was moved to Tooth Street and was renovated to become the school. In 1979 the Sisters ceased to operate the school and it is now under lay leadership.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clifton.catholic.edu.au/welcome/history/|title=History|website=St. Francis de Sales Catholic School Clifton|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114045853/http://www.clifton.catholic.edu.au/welcome/history/|archive-date=2019-11-14|access-date=2019-11-14}}
The Clifton War Memorial is located on the corner of King and Edward Streets.{{cite web |title=Clifton War Memorial |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91157-clifton-war-memorial |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407123040/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91157-clifton-war-memorial |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |publisher=Monument Australia}}
On Tuesday 4 April 2000, a memorial was erected to Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster in Centenary Park.{{Cite web |title=Stan Coster |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91162-stan-coster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016221546/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91162-stan-coster |archive-date=16 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Monument Australia}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Clifton had a population of 1,456 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30629|name=Clifton (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Clifton had a population of 1,490 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30624|name=Clifton (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
File:Clifton State School, 2024 01.jpg
Clifton State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 1 Tooth Street ({{coord|-27.9317|151.9042|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clifton 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|url=https://www.cliftonss.eq.edu.au|title=Clifton State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401222043/https://cliftonss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 100 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 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}}
File:Clifton State High School, 2024.jpg
Clifton State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 32 East Street ({{coord|-27.9339|151.9168|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clifton State High School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.cliftonshs.eq.edu.au|title=Clifton State High School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815151354/http://cliftonshs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 240 students with 30 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). Clifton Cluster Special Education Program is a primary and secondary (Prep–12) special education program at Clifton State High School at 32 East Street ({{coord|-27.9339|151.9168|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clifton Cluster - Special Education Program}}).
St Francis De Sales School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 16 Meara Place ({{coord|-27.9287|151.9042|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Francis De Sales School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.clifton.catholic.edu.au|title=St Francis De Sales School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411011108/http://www.clifton.catholic.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 53 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
Amenities
File:Clifton Garage.jpgFile:Vitruvian scroll.jpgThe Clifton Library is operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council. The library is located on Meara Place and is open five days a week (Tuesday through Saturday).{{cite web|title=Toowoomba Regional Council|url=http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/libraries/your-local-library/222-clifton-library-and-community-centre|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024060145/http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/libraries/your-local-library/222-clifton-library-and-community-centre|archive-date=24 October 2014}}
The Clifton branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 72 Clark Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018}}
All Saints' Anglican Church is at 72 East Street ({{Coord|-27.9330|151.9116|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=All Saints' Anglican Church}}).{{Cite web|title=All Saints Anglican Church 70 East Street Clifton Qld|url=http://www.anglicanparishalloraclifton.websyte.com.au/site.cfm?/anglicanparishalloraclifton/3/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Anglican Parish of Allora/Clifton Qld|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826103642/http://www.anglicanparishalloraclifton.websyte.com.au/site.cfm?%2Fanglicanparishalloraclifton%2F3%2F|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=All Saints Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2508-all-saints-anglican-church|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014702/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2508-all-saints-anglican-church|url-status=live}}
St James' and St John's Catholic Church (also known as the Mowen Memorial Church) is at 11 Meara Place ({{Coord|-27.9292|151.9045|type:landmark_region_AU-QLD|name=St James' and St John's Catholic Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Sts James and John Parish, Clifton|url=https://www.twb.catholic.org.au/parish/sts-james-and-john-parish-clifton/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416110150/https://www.twb.catholic.org.au/parish/sts-james-and-john-parish-clifton/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=St James' and St John's Catholic Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/794-st-jamesand#39;-and-st-johnand#39;s-catholic-church|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014658/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/794-st-jamesand#39;-and-st-johnand|url-status=live}}
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church is at 14 John Street ({{Coord|-27.9297|151.9091|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Andrew's Presbyterian Church}}). It is part of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland.{{Cite web|title=Details of Clifton Presbyterian Church|url=https://www.pcq.org.au/presbyterian-church-directory.php?RID=&CID=86|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Presbyterian Church of Queensland|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014704/https://www.pcq.org.au/presbyterian-church-directory.php?RID=&CID=86|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=St Andrew's Presbyterian Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/presbyterian-church-of--australia/directory/1702-st-andrewand#39;s-presbyterian-church|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014702/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/presbyterian-church-of--australia/directory/1702-st-andrewand#39;s-presbyterian-church|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Andrew's Presbyterian Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=479|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014658/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=479|url-status=live}}
Attractions
The Clifton Historical Museum was located in the old butter factory where there is a range of early agricultural tools and machinery on display.{{Cite news|date=1 March 2013|title=Clifton Historical Museum|publisher=Toowoomba Regional Council|url=http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/cultureheritage/historical-attractions/559-clifton-historical-museum|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111010839/http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/cultureheritage/historical-attractions/559-clifton-historical-museum|url-status=live}} It is staffed by volunteers.
A memorial to Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster is in Centenary Park, Mowen Street ({{Coord|-27.9322|151.9053|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Stan Coster memorial}}).
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation|author1=Black, Sean|title=The impact of the Second World War on the region of Clifton|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12490771|publication-date=1995|publisher=Camp Hill State High School|author2=Chown, Dylan}}
External links
{{commons category|Clifton, Queensland}}
- {{cite web |title=Clifton |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/clifton |website=Queensland Places |publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-clifton-and-tabletop-1978.jpg|title=Parish map of Clifton and Tabletop|date=1978|publisher=Queensland Government}}
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