Fairney View, Queensland
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Fairney View
| state = qld
| image = Fairney View Fernvale Road Fairney View 2.jpg
| caption = Fairney View Fernvale Road, 2014
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.4819|152.6511|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Fairney View (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 221
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4306
| area = 11.2
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 3.7
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Fernvale
| dist2 = 24.4
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Ipswich
| dist3 = 42.5
| dir3 = SE
| location3 = Esk
| dist4 = 60.9
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Brisbane CBD
| lga = Somerset Region
| stategov = Lockyer
| fedgov = Dickson
| near-n = Fernvale
| near-ne = Fernvale
| near-e = Borallon
| near-se = Wanora
| near-s = Wanora
| near-sw = Glamorgan Vale
| near-w = Vernor
| near-nw = Fernvale
}}
Fairney View is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44866|Fairney View|locality in Somerset Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Fairney View had a population of 221 people.
History
The locality takes its name from a pastoral property called Fairney Lawn (also written as Fairnie Lawn) operated by grazier Joseph North in 1841. It was also the name of the railway station opened in June 1884 on the now closed Brisbane Valley railway line. Queensland Railways Department records indicate that the meaning of the name Fairney View is
File:Former St Peter's Lutheran Church, Fairney View, 2006 03.jpg
File:Former St Peter's Lutheran Church, Fairney View, 2006 01.jpg
In June 1872, a German Lutheran Church was opened near the bridge over Fairney Brook on the road to Wivenhoe (the present Fairney View Fernvale Road, approx {{Coord|-27.48237|152.66143|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Fairney View Lutheran Church (1872)}}).{{cite news|date=11 June 1872|title=RELIGIOUS.|volume=XI|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=1566|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123619945|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 September 2021|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021654/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123619945|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=11 June 1872 |title=RELIGIOUS |volume=XI |page=3 |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |issue=1566 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123619945 |accessdate=13 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021654/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123619945 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Peter's Lutheran Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6766 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913083839/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6766 |url-status=live }} It was low-lying land and the church was badly flooded on two occasions, once in 1893 when the water was over {{Convert|6|ft}} above the building and on a second time when the water reached the roof.{{cite news |date=16 September 1922 |title=Fairney View Lutheran Church |volume=LXIV |page=12 (DAILY) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=11,297 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111127307 |accessdate=13 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913083841/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111127307 |url-status=live }} On Saturday 5 September 1903, St Peter's Lutheran Church was relocated and re-opened at a less flood-prone and more central location (332 Fernvale Road, {{Coord|-27.48260|152.64352|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Peter's Lutheran Church (1903)}}). However, due to the age of the building, a lot of the material in the old building had to be replaced.{{cite news |date=5 September 1903 |title=Forthcoming Events |volume=XLIV |page=4 |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |issue=6646 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124397040 |accessdate=13 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913083841/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124397040 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=12 September 1903 |title=Reopening of St. Peter's Church |volume=XLIV |page=7 |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |issue=6649 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124389225 |accessdate=13 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913083840/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124389225 |url-status=live }} The church is now closed and has been converted to a private home.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Peter's Lutheran Church (1903) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=3307 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320033425/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=3307 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=332 Fernvale Road, Fairney View Qld 4306 |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/property/332-fernvale-rd-fairney-view-qld-4306 |access-date=13 September 2022 |website=Realestate.com.au}}
Tenders were called for the construction of a school building in Fairney View in October 1895.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130383646|title=TENDERS INVITED.|date=15 October 1895|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|access-date=15 November 2019|issue=5347|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVI|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=8 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608105443/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130383646|url-status=live}} Fairney View Provisional School opened on 20 January 1896 under the direction of teacher Miss Harris.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123373375|title=FAIRNEY VIEW.|date=1 February 1896|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|access-date=15 November 2019|issue=5393|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVI|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=8 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608105447/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123373375|url-status=live}} It became Fairney View State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967.{{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}} It was at 20-30 Randalls Road ({{Coord|-27.4937|152.6678|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Fairney View State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1930 |title=Samford |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-samford-ed-1-1930.jpg |access-date=8 June 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=17 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917110023/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-samford-ed-1-1930.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1966 |title=Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2541 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2541-1966.jpg |access-date=8 June 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608105441/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2541-1966.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=8 June 2022}}
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Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Fairney View had a population of 223 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31026|name=Fairney View (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Fairney View had a population of 221 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31015|name=Fairney View (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Fairney View. The nearest government primary schools are Fernvale State School in neighbouring Fernvale to the north and Glamorgan Vale State School in neighbouring Glamorgan Vale to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in Lowood to the west.
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Fairney View, Queensland}}
- {{cite web |title=Fairney View and Glamorgan Vale |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/fairney-view-and-glamorgan-vale |website=Queensland Places |publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
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