Harlin
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Harlin
| state = qld
| image = Harlin Hotel.JPG
| caption = Harlin Hotel
| coordinates = {{coord|-26.9730|152.3566|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Harlin (town centre)}}
| pop = 211
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4314
| area = 255.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 14.0
| dir1 = N
| location1 = Toogoolawah
| dist2 = 27.2
| dir2 = W
| location2 = Kilcoy
| dist3 = 31.5
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Esk
| dist4 = 95.5
| dir4 = NNW
| location4 = Ipswich
| dist5 = 125
| dir5 = NW
| location5 = Brisbane CBD
| lga = Somerset Region
| county = Cavendish
| parish = Colinton
| stategov = Nanango
| fedgov = Blair
| near-n = Sheep Station Creek
| near-ne = Woolmar
| near-e = Gregors Creek
Yimbun
| near-se = Ivory Creek
| near-s = Eskdale
| near-sw = Anduramba
| near-w = Colinton
| near-nw = Moore
}}
Harlin is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|15402|Harlin|town in Somerset Region|access-date=7 March 2022}}{{cite QPN|50296|Harlin|locality in Somerset Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}} the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people.
Geography
Harlin is a small town in South East Queensland. The town is on the Brisbane Valley Highway and the Brisbane River, {{convert|125|km|mi}} north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.{{Google maps|access-date=11 August 2022|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Brisbane,+Queensland/Harlin+QLD/@-27.2638511,152.1343338,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b91579aac93d233:0x402a35af3deaf40!2m2!1d153.0260341!2d-27.4704528!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b943be2fdcabfa9:0x400eef17f20c040!2m2!1d152.3595974!2d-26.9754539!3e0|title=Brisbane to Harlin}}
History
The town was named after Charlotte (née Harlin), wife of John Dunn Moore of the Colinton pastoral property. Their son William John Harlin Moore was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Harlin Post Office opened by September 1907 (a receiving office had been open from 1905) and closed in 1989.{{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 }}
Harlin Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Harlin 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}}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}
The town was marooned during the 2011 floods. Over 40 travellers were stranded by the dangerous and rising flood waters of the Brisbane River and the Ivory and Maronghi Creeks. They were housed by the publicans and owners of the Harlin Hotel and the Caltex service station from 9 January 2011, until the flooded creeks and rivers subsided.{{Cite web |date=April 2011 |title=Out of sight, out of mind: an evaluation of the effects of flooding in the upper reaches of the Brisbane River, 2011 |url=http://www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0018/9153/Brisbane_Valley_Heritage_Trails_DeLacy_Elizabeth.pdf |access-date=11 August 2022 |publisher=Brisbane Valley Rail Trails Inc |page=6 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315224445/http://www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0018/9153/Brisbane_Valley_Heritage_Trails_DeLacy_Elizabeth.pdf |url-status=live }}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Harlin and the surrounding areas had a population of 534 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30731 |name=Harlin (State Suburb)|access-date=15 May 2015|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Harlin had a population of 173 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31309|name=Harlin (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31297|name=Harlin (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Heritage listings
File:Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Harlin Rail Bridge 2011.JPG
Harlin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Harlin Rail Bridge, over Ivory (formerly Maronghi) Creek{{cite QHR|28759|Harlin Rail Bridge|602636|access-date=12 July 2013}}
- Yimbun Railway Tunnel, Sinnamons Lane{{cite QHR|28760|Yimbun Railway Tunnel|602637|access-date=12 July 2013}}
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Education
File:Harlin State School, 2020.jpg
Harlin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 8521 Brisbane Valley Highway ({{coord|-26.9740|152.3574|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Harlin State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |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 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=Harlin State School |url=https://harlinss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Harlin State School |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301010439/https://harlinss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Harlin State School |url=https://www.harlinss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103535/https://harlinss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 65 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2017 |url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |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}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=live }}
There are no secondary schools in Harlin. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the east and Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south. However, students living in the west of Harlin are too distant to attend these secondary schools; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |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 }}
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation |author1=Humphreys |first=Pat |title=Harlin State School 1908-1983 and Colinton State School 1906-1969, Brighton Hill School 1904-1918 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14221767 |publication-date=1983 |publisher=Harlin State School |author2=Gault |first2=Edward Woodall}}
- {{Citation |title=Harlin State School : our first 100 years : 1908 - 2008 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232821462 |publication-date=2008 |publisher=Harlin State School}}
External links
{{commons category|Harlin, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-harlin-1980.jpg|title=Town of Harlin|date=1980|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}
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