Lochington, Queensland

Lochington is bounded to the east and south-east by the Nogoa River. The locality is within the Fitzroy River drainage basin.

The Capricorn Highway passes through the northernmost part of the locality from Anakie Siding to Willows.

The Snake Range National Park ({{Coord|-24.0547|147.5947|display=|name=Snake Range National Park}}) lies within the locality to the east.{{Cite QPN|31316|Snake Range National Park|national park in the Central Highlands Region|accessdate=18 July 2020}} It is {{Convert|2687.7|km2||abbr=}}.

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

Lochington pastoral station obtained a mail service on 1 January 1937.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54979012 |title=IMPROVED MAIL FACILITIES. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=10 October 1936 |accessdate=8 July 2014 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Lockington Provisional School opened 23 January 1961 on land that was once part of Lockington pastoral station, and became Lockington State School at a new site in January 1965. The school closed 14 December 1979 due to low student numbers, but reopened in January 1991, as Lochington State School (a new spelling of the name).{{cite QSA Agency|5418|Lochington State School|8 July 2014}}

On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Central Highlands Region by replacing the locality of The Gemfields with three new localities of Rubyvale, Sapphire Central and Anakie Siding (around the towns of Rubyvale, Sapphire, and Anakie respectively). This included adjusting the boundaries of other existing localities in the Region to accommodate these changes; Lochington lost a small portion of land to the north to the new Anakie Siding, lost a strip of land from its north-eastern edge mostly to Gindie but gained a small piece of land from Minerva, with the overall effect of reducing the area of the locality from {{Convert|4533.6 to 4455.5|km2||abbr=}}.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 April 2020|title=Recent place name decisions: Job number 18-115: The Gemfields|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#18-115|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717022359/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#18-115|archive-date=17 July 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|website=|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019|title=Proposed Locality Boundaries and Names: Anakie Siding, Argyll, Emerald, Gindie, Lochington, Minerva, Rubyvale and Sapphire Central|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1457327/18115-qpn1401-proposed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717023517/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1457327/18115-qpn1401-proposed.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|website=|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 April 2020|title=Locality Boundaries and Names: Anakie Siding, Argyll, Emerald, Gindie, Lochington, Minerva, Rubyvale and Sapphire Central|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1478741/18115-qpn1401-decision.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717024018/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1478741/18115-qpn1401-decision.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|website=|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=17 July 2020}} As a consequence of these changes, the boundary between Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Lochington's population was deemed to be too low to be reported separately and was combined with neighbouring Willows which had a reported population of 308 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31772|name=Lochington (GL)|accessdate=8 July 2014|quick=on}}

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Lochington had a population of 57 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31687|name=Lochington (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Lochington had a population of 128 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31672|name=Lochington (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Lochington State School is a government co-educational primary (P-7) school at the Lochington pastoral homestead off the Glenlee Road ({{coord|-23.943506|147.525284|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Lochington State School}}). In 2013, the school had 3 students (from the same family) and 1 teacher.{{cite web|title=Queensland State and Non-State Schools|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/statistics/docs/state-and-non-state-school-listing.xlsx|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=8 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025559/http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/statistics/docs/state-and-non-state-school-listing.xlsx|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=2013 School Annual Report|url=https://lochingtss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/Annual%20Report%202013.pdf|publisher=Lochington State School|accessdate=8 July 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://lochingtss.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|title=Lochington SS|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=1 February 2017}} In 2016, enrolment was 10, in 2017, eight, and in 2018, seven.{{cite web |url=https://lochingtonss.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual_report-2018_lss.pdf |title=Lochington State School Annual Report 2018 |website=|date= |access-date=4 November 2022}} In 2021, enrolment was six, including three students in their Prep year.{{cite web |url=https://lochingtonss.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2021.pdf |title=Lochington State School Annual Report 2021 |website= |date= |access-date=4 November 2022}}

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• {{Citation | author1=Filet, Pieter Gerrit | author2=Wright, Hugh | author3=Willcocks, Jacqui | author4=Meat Research Corporation (Australia) | author5=Queensland. Dept. of Primary Industries | title=Beef property management in the Lochington area : based on producer experience | publication-date=1992 | publisher=Meat Research Corporation | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22227087 }}

• {{cite book |title=And then there was one : Anakie 1885-1985. |vauthors=((Anakie State School.)) |date=1984 |publisher=Anakie State School}} — via [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma997643424702061 State Library of Queensland]. Includes Sapphire State School, Rubyvale State School, Bogantungan State School, Lochington State School, Taroborah Provisional School, and Withersfield State School.

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Category:Central Highlands Region

Category:Localities in Queensland