Rosalie Plains, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Rosalie Plains
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.2227|151.715|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Rosalie Plains (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 54
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4401
| area = 38.8
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 28.8
| dir1 = N
| location1 = Oakey
| dist2 = 56.9
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Toowoomba CBD
| dist3 = 185
| dir3 = WNW
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Toowoomba Region
| stategov = Condamine
| fedgov = Groom
| near-n = Kulpi
| near-ne = Mount Darry
| near-e = Highland Plains
| near-se = Highland Plains
| near-s = Balgowan
| near-sw = Brymaroo
| near-w = Brymaroo
| near-nw = Kulpi
}}
Rosalie Plains is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48054|Rosalie Plains|locality in Toowoomba Region|access-date=11 June 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.
Geography
The Pechey-Maclagan Road enters the locality from the south (Balgowan), travels north and then west through the locality, exiting to the west (Brymaroo). The Oakey–Cooyar Road enters the locality from the north (Kulpi), intersects with Pechey-Maclagan Road and continues south on the same route as the Pechey-Maclagan Road to Balgowan.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 December 2023}}
The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation.
History
The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run that was held by Robert Ramsay in the late 1840s.
In 1877, {{Convert|11500|acres||abbr=}} were resumed from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=19 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}
Ashlea Provisional School opened in January 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ashlea State School, being renamed Rosalie Plains State School in 1916. It closed circa 1944.{{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}} It was on the eastern side of Old Rosalie School Road ({{Coord|-27.20427|151.66179|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Rosalie Plains State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1942 |title=Parish of Rosalie |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-rosalie-sh2-1942/original |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230024326/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-rosalie-sh2-1942/original |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}} Despite the name, the school was in the present-day locality of neighbouring Brymaroo.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 December 2023}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Rosalie Plains had a population of 44 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32490|name=Rosalie Plains (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Rosalie Plains had a population of 54 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32467|name=Rosalie Plains (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Rosalie Plains. The nearest government primary school is Kulpi State School in neighbouring Kulpi to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10) in Quinalow to the north-west and Oakey State High School (to Year 12) in Oakey.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |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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