Riverleigh
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Riverleigh
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-25.5844|151.2233|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Riverleigh (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 95
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4626
| area = 60.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 9.6
| dir1 = W
| location1 = Mundubbera
| dist2 = 30.4
| dir2 = SSE
| location2 = Eidsvold
| dist3 = 46.1
| dir3 = W
| location3 = Gayndah
| dist4 = 194
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Maryborough
| dist5 = 369
| dir5 = NW
| location5 = Brisbane
| lga = North Burnett Region
| stategov = Callide
| fedgov = Flynn
| near-n = O'Bil Bil
| near-ne = O'Bil Bil
| near-e = Mundubbera
| near-se = Boynewood
| near-s = Derri Derra
| near-sw = Dykehead
| near-w = Coonambula
| near-nw = Coonambula
}}
Riverleigh is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45413|Riverleigh|locality in North Burnett Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverleigh had a population of 95 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north, west and south by the Burnett River. The land is used for farming.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 November 2021}}
History
Riverleigh State School opened 15 October 1913. It was mothballed on 31 December 2009 and closed on 31 December 2010.{{Cite QSA Agency|5661|Riverleigh State School|9 April 2022
}}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} The school was located at 289 Coonambula-Eidsvold Road ({{Coord|-25.5855|151.2121|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Riverleigh State School (former)}}).{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/full-school-assets-sale-list/news-story/|title=Full school assets sale list|last=Chiclcott|first=Tanya|date=7 June 2013|work=The Courier-Mail|access-date=30 October 2019|last2=Vlasic|first2=Kimberley|language=en|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030053510/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/full%2Dschool%2Dassets%2Dsale%2Dlist/news%2Dstory/|url-status=live}} The school's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-13 |title=Riverleigh State School |url=http://riverleiss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013222227/http://riverleiss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |archive-date=2009-10-13 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Riverleigh State School}}
A Methodist church opened at Riverleigh in 1921.{{cite news|date=28 October 1921|title=WIDE BAY AND BURNETT|page=3 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=15263|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179624235|access-date=30 November 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409021049/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179624235|url-status=live}} In 1928, it was decided to relocate the church building to be nearer to the state school,{{cite news |date=8 August 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=6 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=18,267 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151118075 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}} with the church being re-opened in the new location on Sunday 21 October 1928.{{cite news |date=3 November 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=14 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=18,340 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151127631 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}}
The Monto railway line was extended to Mundubbera on 3 February 1914. The next stage to Ceratodus which passed through Riverleigh was opened on 26 April 1924, with Riverleigh being served by:
- Lacon railway station ({{coord|-25.6049|151.2594|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Lacon railway station (former)}}){{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}}
- Riverleigh railway station ({{coord|-25.5751|151.2000|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Riverleigh railway station (former)}})
Riverleigh Apostolic Church opened on Sunday 27 May 1928 by the Reverend Jacob Dietz. The four-acre site included an earlier church and cemetery.{{cite news |date=9 June 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=4 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=18,217 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150987919 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}}{{cite news |date=28 August 1941 |title=REV. J. DEITZ |page=7 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=21,776 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152133506 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}}
The last train on the Monto railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 the line was officially closed.{{Cite news |last=Gough |first=Emma |date=2012-06-07 |title=Last train out of Monto gone |work=The Courier Mail |url=https://www.newsregionalmedia.com.au/news/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d |access-date=2021-12-05}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Riverleigh had a population of 80 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32462|name=Riverleigh (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverleigh had a population of 95 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32439|name=Riverleigh (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Riverleigh. The nearest school is Mundubbera State School in neighbouring Mundubbera to the east which offers Prep-10 education. For Years 11-12 education, the nearest school is Eidsvold State School at Eidsvold to the north-west.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Crofts |first=Susan |title=Meadows by the river : a history of the Riverleigh, Malmoe and O’Bil Bil areas |date=2012 |publisher=Susan Crofts}} — [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma9914423904702061 via State Library of Queensland].
{{North Burnett Region}}