Quinalow

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Quinalow

| state = qld

| image = Quinalow Hotel 001.JPG

| caption = Quinalow Hotel, 2017

| coordinates = {{coord|-27.1080|151.6224|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Quinalow (town centre)}}

| pop = 205

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4403

| area = 85.8

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 38.5

| dir1 = N

| location1 = Oakey

| dist2 = 49.8

| dir2 = E

| location2 = Dalby

| dist3 = 65.6

| dir3 = NW

| location3 = Toowoomba

| dist4 = 196

| dir4 = WNW

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Toowoomba Region

| stategov = Condamine

| fedgov = Groom

| near-n = Malling

| near-ne = Maclagan

| near-e = Peranga

| near-se = Kulpi

| near-s = Brymaroo

| near-sw = Brymaroo

| near-w = Irvingdale

| near-nw = Moola

}}

Quinalow is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|27830|Quinalow|town in Toowoomba Region|accessdate=29 December 2020}}{{cite QPN|49221|Quinalow|locality in Toowoomba Region|accessdate=29 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Quinalow had a population of 205 people.

Geography

The town is located on Darling Downs in the north of the locality and on the bank of Myall Creek.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=7 March 2021}}

Road infrastructure

The Dalby–Cooyar Road runs along the northern boundary. The Pechey-Maclagan Road runs through from south to north.{{cite map |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675811#map=12/-27.1384/151.6120 |title=Quinalow, Queensland |publisher=OpenStreetMap |access-date=23 March 2022}}

History

The Daly brothers established the first butter-and-cheese factory on the Darling Downs in 1889 at Quinalow.{{Cite web|last=Kerr|first=John|date=January 1988|title=Geographical Overview of Sawmilling: West to Ipswich and Toowoomba|url=https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/rfa/regions/qld-south-east/cultural-heriatage/forest-industry-places/pdf/qld_se_saw4.pdf|url-status=live|page=78|access-date=7 March 2021|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413155427/https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/rfa/regions/qld-south-east/cultural-heriatage/forest-industry-places/pdf/qld_se_saw4.pdf}}{{cite news|date=19 August 1890|title=NEWS OF THE DAY.|page=3|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=4405|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218315943|accessdate=7 March 2021|via=National Library of Australia}} The district was named Quinalow by the Daly brothers who named it after Catholic Bishop James Quinn who encouraged Irish Catholics suffering due to the Great Famine to immigrate and settle in the area. The -alow comes from the Irish word lough meaning a brook or stream.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-23|title=Our school|url=https://quinalowss.eq.edu.au/our-school|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Quinalow Prep-10 State School|language=en|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226203550/https://quinalowss.eq.edu.au/our-school|url-status=live}}

Quinalow Provisional School opened on 6 May 1901, with the original school building being completed on 26 February 1901 at a cost of 122 pound 17 shillings.{{cite book|title=Quinalow State School History Book|date=2001|publisher=Quinalow State School|pages=4–6}} On 1 January 1909, it became Quinalow State School. In 1965 the school offered secondary schooling. In 1985 a pre-school was added.{{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}}

In August 1979 the original school building (built in 1901) was relocated to Daly Street ({{Coord|-27.1111|151.6236|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Quinalow Library}}), where it was used as a preschool until the new preschool building was built at the school. The original school building was then opened in March 1984 as Quinalow Library. It underwent a major refurbishment in 2014.{{Cite web|date=November 2017|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=16}}

Quinalow was affected by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. Rising floodwaters isolated the town, surrounding the Quinalow pub. Myall Creek was not thought to have risen as high as it did in the 1981 flood.{{cite news|last=Noller|first=Miles|title=Quinalow Bar Stays Dry As Myall Creek Floods To The Floor Boards|url=http://www.australianews.com.au/australia/queensland/darlingdowns/toowoomba/story?cityid=9901bdf5-f527-4b68-852d-149172949fd4&storyid=fd799bfe-a985-4d8b-a532-3dde883140be|access-date=18 January 2011|newspaper=Toowoomba News|date=11 January 2011|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101234/http://www.australianews.com.au/australia/queensland/darlingdowns/toowoomba/story?cityid=9901bdf5-f527-4b68-852d-149172949fd4&storyid=fd799bfe-a985-4d8b-a532-3dde883140be|url-status=live}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Quinalow had a population of 411 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31366|name=Quinalow (SSC)|accessdate=15 June 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Quinalow had a population of 173 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32402|name=Quinalow (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Quinalow had a population of 205 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32378|name=Quinalow (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

File:Quinalow State School.JPG

Quinalow State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 7 Progress Street ({{coord|-27.1076|151.6222|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Quinalow Prep-10 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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Quinalow Prep-10 State School|url=https://quinalowss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326042016/https://quinalowss.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=26 March 2020|accessdate=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 14 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 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|accessdate=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}}

For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government secondary schools are Dalby State High School in Dalby to the west and Oakey State High School in Oakey to the south.

Amenities

File:Quinalow Library 001.JPG

The Toowoomba Regional Council operates a public library in Daly Street.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/toowoomba/quinalow_library|title=Quinalow Library|date=2 February 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140919/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/toowoomba/quinalow_library|url-status=live}}

Quinalow Public Hall is on the corner of Daly Street and Pechey Maclagan Road ({{Coord|-27.1110|151.6230|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Quinalow Public Hall}}).{{Cite web|title=Event Revisioning Workshop - Quinalow Public Hall|url=https://user.tr.qld.gov.au/events/84140/event-revisioning-workshop-quinalow-public-hall|access-date=2021-03-07|website=user.tr.qld.gov.au|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225153746/https://user.tr.qld.gov.au/events/84140/event-revisioning-workshop-quinalow-public-hall|url-status=live}}