Evanslea, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Evanslea

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Queensland State Archives 4148 An AutoHeader at work in a badlylodged crop J Fleglers Evanslea November 1934.png

| caption = Harvesting at Evanslea, 1934

| coordinates = {{coord|-27.5213|151.5180|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Evanslea (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 31

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4356

| area = 58.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 24.7

| dir1 = SW

| location1 = Oakey

| dist2 = 28.7

| dir2 = NNW

| location2 = Pittsworth

| dist3 = 41.5

| dir3 = W

| location3 = Toowoomba CBD

| dist4 = 169

| dir4 = W

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Toowoomba Region

| stategov = Condamine

| fedgov = Groom

| near-n = Jondaryan

| near-ne = Yargullen

| near-e = Mount Irving

| near-se = Mount Tyson

| near-s = Mount Tyson

| near-sw = Bongeen

| near-w = Bongeen

| near-nw = Mount Moriah

}}

Evanslea is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|50290|Evanslea|locality in Toowoomba Region|access-date=29 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Evanslea had a population of 31 people.

Geography

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.{{cite map|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675820|title=Evanslea, Queensland|publisher=OpenStreetMap|access-date=13 February 2022}}

Evanslea railway station is an abandoned railway station on the closed Cecil Plains railway line ({{coord|-27.5681|151.5105|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Evanslea railway station (former)|display=}}).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=31 December 2020}}{{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}}

Norillee is a neighbourhood ({{coord|-27.5666|151.4833|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Norillee}}).{{cite QPN|24522|Norillee|locality unbounded in Toowoomba Regional|access-date=29 December 2020}}

The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation, mostly in the south-east of the locality.

Evanslea has the following mountains:

Mount Russell ({{coord|-27.5604|151.5176|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Russell}}) {{convert|501|m}}{{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|29359|Mount Russell|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Taylor ({{coord|-27.5644|151.5347|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Taylor}}) {{convert|534|m}}{{cite QPN|33462|Mount Taylor|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

History

File:Construction of the Evanslea to Cecil Plains Railway, 1919.tif

The locality takes its name from the Evanslea railway station, which was named after Charles Barnard Evans, Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918.{{Cite QPN|12017|Evanslea|railway station in Toowoomba Region|access-date=28 September 2017}} The railway station on the Cecil Plains railway line opened in September 1915 with Evanslea as its terminus. It was subsequently extended to Cecil Plains.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20082385|title=Oakey to Mount Russell Line.|date=18 September 1915|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,995|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=27 January 2017}}

The neighbourhood of Norillee takes its name from the Norillee railway station (in neighbouring Bongeen), which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on12 December 1918. It is an Aboriginal name meaning mountain ridge or series of peaks.

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Evanslea had a population of 41 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31018|name=Evanslea (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Evanslea had a population of 31 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31008|name=Evanslea (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Homesteads - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Mount Russell ({{coord|-27.5649|151.5185|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Russell (homestead)}})
Poplar ({{coord|-27.4923|151.5408|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Poplar (homestead)}})
Prairie View ({{coord|-27.5392|151.5122|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Prairie View (homestead)}})
Rockwood ({{coord|-27.5128|151.5295|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Rockwood (homestead)}})
Shiralee ({{coord|-27.5660|151.5089|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Shiralee (homestead)}})
Valhalla ({{coord|-27.5272|151.5177|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Valhalla (homestead)}})

Education

There are no schools in Evanslea. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Tyson State School in neighbouring Mount Tyson to the south-east and Jondaryan State School in neighbouring Jondaryan to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Oakey State High School in Oakey to the north-east and Pittsworth State High School in Pittsworth to the south-east.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}

There are Catholic primary schools in Oakey and Pittsworth.

References

Category:Toowoomba Region

Category:Localities in Queensland