Clintonvale, Queensland

{{GeoGroup}}{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Clintonvale

| city =

| state = qld

| image = File:Sunset and moonrise over Main Range National Park seen from Clintonvale, Queensland, 2021.jpg

| caption = Sunset and moonrise over Main Range National Park seen from Clintonvale, Queensland, 2021

| coordinates = {{coord|-28.0958|152.1197|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Clintonvale (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 72

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4370

| area = 33.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 17.3

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Allora

| dist2 = 18

| dir2 = NE

| location2 = Warwick

| dist3 = 77.7

| dir3 = S

| location3 = Toowoomba

| dist4 = 141

| dir4 = SW

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Southern Downs Region

| stategov = Southern Downs

| fedgov = Maranoa

| near-n = Goomburra

| near-ne = Gladfield

| near-e = Freestone

| near-se = Freestone

| near-s = Sladevale

| near-sw = Glengallan

| near-w = Mount Marshall

| near-nw = Berat

}}

Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45915|Clintonvale|locality in Southern Downs Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people.

Geography

The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east (Gladfield) to south-west (Glengallan).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=28 April 2022}}

Mount Stewart rises to {{convert|766|m}} in the north of the locality ({{coord|-28.0627|152.1161|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Stewart}}).{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|32374|Mount Stewart|mountain in Southern Downs Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

History

The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s.{{cite QHR|16472|Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park|601732|accessdate=1 August 2014}}

Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001.{{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}}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road ({{Coord|-28.0956|152.1309|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clintonvale State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1983 |title=9341-41 Maryvale |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9341-41-maryvale-ed-1-1983.jpg |access-date=28 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427231455/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9341-41-maryvale-ed-1-1983.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Parish of Glengallan |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-glengallan-1947.jpg |access-date=28 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324042519/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-glengallan-1947.jpg |url-status=live }} As at April 2021, the school building is still extant.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0948919,152.1293365,3a,15y,116.18h,94.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_Jw6sG3lTpi094xU8ANTlA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=28 April 2022|title=Clintonvale State School (former)|date=April 2021}} The school's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2001-11-28 |title=Clintonvale State school |url=http://clintonvss.qld.edu.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011128061146/http://clintonvss.qld.edu.au/ |archive-date=2001-11-28 |access-date=2022-04-28}}

The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911,{{cite book |last=Kerr |first=John |title=Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways |date=1990 |publisher=Boolarong Publications |isbn=978-0-86439-102-5 |page=225}} with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonvale railway station ({{Coord|-28.0959|152.1291|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Clintonvale railway station (former)}}). Originally intended as a segment of a more direct (via recta) railway route from Brisbane to Sydney, the segment from Mount Edwards to Maryvale was never completed and the line remained a local branch line until it closed on 1 November 1960.{{cite web |author=Southern Downs Steam Railway |year=2008 |title='Via recta' - The line that never was |url=http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912090308/http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php |archive-date=12 September 2009 |accessdate=20 November 2008}}{{cite web |author=Freestone Parents & Citizens Association |year=1988 |title=Railway |url=http://www.voicom.com.au/freestone/railway.htm |accessdate=20 November 2008 |archive-date=21 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221051721/http://www.voicom.com.au/freestone/railway.htm |url-status=live }}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Clintonvale had a population of 74 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30632|name=Clintonvale (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Clintonvale had a population of 72 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30627|name=Clintonvale (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

There are no schools in Clintonvale. The nearest government primary school in Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Allora P-10 School (to Year 10) in Allora to the north-west and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the south-west.

Amenities

Lysaught Park is on the corner of the Cunningham Highway and Clintonvale School Road ({{coord|-28.0951|152.1308|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Lysaught Park}}).{{Cite web |date=20 November 2020 |title=Land for public recreation - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}