St George, Queensland

The present township of St George was founded on the boundaries of three Aboriginal groups, the Mandandanji to the north, the Kooma to the south-west and the Bigambul to the south-east.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/23?embed=true|title=Mandandanji|date=15 January 2020|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204072417/https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/23?embed=true|url-status=live}}{{SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/spoken|title=Spoken|author(s)=|accessdate=15 January 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=Patrick |title=Goodbye Bussamarai |date=2002 |publisher=UQP |location=St Lucia |isbn=0702232939}}

These people of the Balonne River fished with hoop nets and hunted ducks and marsupials for meat. They supplemented their diet with the small native melons that grew in abundance in the area, and with yams dug out from the flats along the riverbanks. Their funeral rites consisted of constructing an elevated bark platform on which the deceased would be placed, with fires lit underneath to smoke and preserve the corpse. The mummified remains would then be wrapped in bark and possum cloaks and carried with care by the relatives until they were deposited in a hollow of a tree. Surrounding trees were marked and decorated.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article678649 |title=MAITLAND MERCURY. |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |volume=IV |issue=165 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 January 1846 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Thomas |title=Journal of an expedition into the interior of tropical Australia |date=1848 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/b29320471/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater}}

In 1845, pastoralist squatters John Gordon Town and Christopher Bagot entered the vicinity looking for land to take up for cattle. The local Commissioner for Crown Lands, Roderick Mitchell conducted an expedition along the Balonne River later that year, taking the name for the river from the Aboriginal residents.

In 1846, the site where the town of St George now stands was Major Thomas Mitchell's Camp VIII of his expedition into northern Australia. He noticed the natural rocky ford across the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April, thereby naming the site St George's Bridge. He directed his second-in-charge Edmund Kennedy to construct a cattle depot there while he explored further north. Kennedy and his stockmen remained at St George's Bridge for around a month.{{cite QPN|32064|St George|town|accessdate=16 August 2016}}

File:St George's Bridge.png]]

In 1847, the first cattle stations were established: Burgorah (also known as Warroo, owned by Robert Fitzgerald and managed by Patrick Brennan); Boombah (owned by Henry Dangar and managed by George Hazard); Gulnarbar (owned by George and Anthony Loder, and managed by William Clay); and Wagoo (also known as Wachoo or Culpa, owned by William Ogilvie Jnr, and managed by Robert Hazard).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213765628 |title=EARLY DAYS ON THE BALONNE |newspaper=Balonne Beacon |volume=32 |issue=9 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=20 February 1936 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010003/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213765628 |url-status=live }}

Conflict with the local Aboriginal people over land and the killing of cattle ensued with around 40 Aboriginal people and up to nine whites being killed on Burgorah in 1849, Patrick Brennan being wounded in the leg by a spear. Aboriginal men later counter-attacked the stockmen on Burgorah, forcing them to flee to the nearby Boombah property, where Dangar's men were able to reinforce and arm both the stockmen and members of a rival Aboriginal clan. Upon returning to Burgorah, they slaughtered the resident Aboriginal people, burying around 70 of their corpses in a large pit.{{cite book |last1=Telfer |first1=William |last2=Milliss |first2=Roger |title=The Wallabadah Manuscript |date=1980 |publisher=NSWUP |location=Sydney}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213894198 |title=ST. GEORGE 1846-1946 |newspaper=Balonne Beacon |volume=41 |issue=44 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 November 1945 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010003/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213894198 |url-status=live }}

In 1852, sweeps by the paramilitary Native Police began in the area. Sergeant Richard Dempster with property managers Patrick Brennan and others, shot at least five Aboriginal people on Wagoo. Later that year, a detachment under Lieutenant George Fulford drove the free Aborigines into the "back country". Some Aboriginal people were allowed to remain on the properties to be utilised as labourers and prostitutes. These were called "station blacks" and by 1855 there were around 40 remaining on Burgorah and 200 at Boombah.

By 1862, Burgorah and Gulnarbar were being utilised as a temporary Native Police barracks where Aboriginal prisoners were tied to trees and flogged, and occasionally shot dead. Lieutenant John Marlow and his troopers made a final sweep of the region in 1862, destroying Aboriginal camps and pursuing them as far as Angellala Creek where he "dispersed" them after a brief battle.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22557254 |title=The Sketcher. |newspaper=The Queenslander |volume=LV |issue=1230 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=3 June 1899 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=1023 (Unknown) |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010005/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22557254 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22557356 |title=The Sketcher. |newspaper=The Queenslander |volume=LV |issue=1231 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 June 1899 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=1070 (Unknown) |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404005917/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22557356 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213723575 |title=How the Black Police did their Duty. |newspaper=The St. George Standard And Balonne Advertiser |volume=XXVII |issue=13 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 March 1904 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404005917/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213723575 |url-status=live }}

The township of St George was gazetted upon a portion of the Burgorah run in March 1864 with the first 59 parcels of land offered for sale a month later.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77436700 |title=EPITOME |newspaper=The North Australian |volume=X |issue=729 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 March 1864 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010007/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77436700 |url-status=live }}

Andrew Nixon was contracted in 1890 by the Queensland government to build a timber bridge across the Balonne River at St George's Bridge. This was completed in 1892 and later replaced by the current Andrew Nixon bridge and Jack Taylor Weir in 1953.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218318855 |title=QUEENSLAND NEWS. |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser |issue=4446 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 November 1890 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404005955/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218318855 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213717970 |title=OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY |newspaper=Balonne Beacon |volume=49 |issue=8 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 February 1953 |accessdate=29 October 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010604/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213717970 |url-status=live }}

St George State School opened on 2 February 1874. In 1960 a secondary department was added which operated until St George State High School was opened in 1978.{{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|accessdate=18 April 2019}}File:St Patrick's Church, St George, Queensland, 04.jpg

The first St Patrick's Catholic Church was built in 1874; it is now known as the old parish hall.{{Cite web|title=Our School|url=https://www.stgeorge.catholic.edu.au//our-school|website=St Patrick's School, St George|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508145411/https://www.stgeorge.catholic.edu.au/our-school|archive-date=2020-05-08|access-date=2020-05-08}} On 3 May 1959 the new St Patrick's Catholic Church was blessed and opened.

The St. George Standard and Balonne Advertiser newspaper was published from 1878 - 1879 and 1902 - 1904.{{Cite web |title=The St. George Standard and Balonne Advertiser (Qld. : 1878 - 1879; 1902 - 1904) |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title1065 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010607/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/1065 |archive-date=4 April 2024 |access-date=24 January 2018 |website=Trove}}

Burgorah South Provisional School opened in 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Burgorah South State School. It closed on circa 1917.

The Balonne Beacon newspaper was published in St George from 2 January 1909 to 29 December 1954.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title1066|title=Balonne Beacon (St. George, Qld. : 1909 - 1954)|website=Trove|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010606/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/1066|url-status=live}}

Myrtlemount Provisional School, Warrie Provisional School and Hollymount Provisional School (all named after local pastoral stations) opened on 29 September 1919 as a group of part-time schools (sharing a teacher between them). All three schools closed in 1922 due to low student numbers.

Tow Towri State School opened circa 1931. It closed circa 1945. Towtowri is a local pastoral property.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=1 May 2022}}

Rocky Crossing State School opened on 25 January 1988 and closed on 31 December 2003.{{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=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was {{Convert|90|km||abbr=}} from St George.{{Cite QSA Agency|3730|Rocky Creek State School|9 May 2020

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File:Flood level sign in St George, Queensland, 2024.jpg

The town was severely affected by flooding in March 2010,{{cite news|date=5 March 2010|title=Locals evacuated ahead of 120-year flood|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/05/2837162.htm|access-date=20 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330110219/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/05/2837162.htm|archive-date=30 March 2010|url-status=dead}} which peaked at 13.5 metres,{{cite news|title=Mandatory evacuations ordered for St George as 15m flood predicted|newspaper=News.com.au|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/mitchell-braces-for-flooding-as-maranoa-river-rises-after-heavy-rain/story-e6frfkvr-1226262923992|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-date=7 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207131409/http://www.news.com.au/national/mitchell-braces-for-flooding-as-maranoa-river-rises-after-heavy-rain/story-e6frfkvr-1226262923992|url-status=live}} and again in December 2010 - January 2011.

Flooding once again occurred in February 2012, and about 2000 residents were mandatorily evacuated on 4 and 5 February to evacuation centres in Dalby and Brisbane.{{cite news|author=Caruana, Patrick|author2=Paull, Nathan|date=7 February 2012|title=Flood-hit Qld resident wait in frustration|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-national/floodhit-qld-resident-wait-in-frustration-20120207-1r28s.html|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202204425/http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-national/floodhit-qld-resident-wait-in-frustration-20120207-1r28s.html|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}} A temporary levee was built in St George on the morning of 5 February (Sunday). The Balonne River reached a height of 13.85 metres on Tuesday 7 February.

File:Jack Taylor Weir, Andrew Nixon Bridge, St George, 2024, 13.jpg

St George is a town and locality in the Shire of Balonne,{{cite QPN|32064|St George|town in Shire of Balonne|accessdate=25 January 2020}}{{cite QPN|49752|St George|locality in Shire of Balonne|accessdate=25 January 2020}} situated {{convert|513|km|mi}} due west of Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and sits just inside the region of South West Queensland. It is at the junction of several highways including the Castlereagh Highway, the Moonie Highway, the Carnarvon Highway and the Balonne Highway. The only crossing of the Balonne River is the Andrew Nixon Bridge on the Balonne Highway.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

St George is on the Balonne River which is reputedly an excellent fishing site for fish such as Yellowbelly and Murray Cod.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of St George had a population of 3,048 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32664|name=St George (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of St George had a population of 3,130 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32639|name=St George (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

St George experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh), with very hot summers and mild winters with cool nights. Average maxima significantly vary from {{convert|19.8|C}} in July to {{convert|35.3|C}} in January. Mean annual rainfall, concentrated in the summer is low, {{convert|478.3|mm|in|abbr=on}}, and occurs within 45.2 rainfall days.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=34109 |title = St George Airport Climate (1997-2024) |publisher = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = July 21, 2024}} The town is sunny, averaging 173.5 clear days and only 72.6 cloudy days annually. Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|-4.4|C}} on 24 June 1949 and 11 July 1918 to {{convert|47.2|C}} on 3 January 2014.{{cite web

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{{Weather box

| location = St George (28º03'00"S, 148º36'00"E, 199 m AMSL) (1997-2024 normals, extremes 1881-2024)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 47.2

| Feb record high C = 46.8

| Mar record high C = 43.3

| Apr record high C = 37.2

| May record high C = 32.6

| Jun record high C = 31.3

| Jul record high C = 30.9

| Aug record high C = 37.6

| Sep record high C = 40.4

| Oct record high C = 42.6

| Nov record high C = 45.1

| Dec record high C = 45.9

| Jan high C = 35.3

| Feb high C = 33.9

| Mar high C = 32.0

| Apr high C = 28.0

| May high C = 23.3

| Jun high C = 19.9

| Jul high C = 19.8

| Aug high C = 22.2

| Sep high C = 26.5

| Oct high C = 29.8

| Nov high C = 32.2

| Dec high C = 34.2

| Jan low C = 22.4

| Feb low C = 21.2

| Mar low C = 19.0

| Apr low C = 13.9

| May low C = 9.0

| Jun low C = 6.4

| Jul low C = 5.2

| Aug low C = 6.2

| Sep low C = 10.7

| Oct low C = 14.7

| Nov low C = 18.1

| Dec low C = 20.5

| Jan record low C = 10.7

| Feb record low C = 10.2

| Mar record low C = 5.7

| Apr record low C = 0.0

| May record low C = -1.1

| Jun record low C = -4.4

| Jul record low C = -4.4

| Aug record low C = -3.3

| Sep record low C = -0.3

| Oct record low C = 3.3

| Nov record low C = 4.4

| Dec record low C = 7.8

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 52.5

| Feb precipitation mm = 62.2

| Mar precipitation mm = 49.5

| Apr precipitation mm = 21.4

| May precipitation mm = 31.6

| Jun precipitation mm = 29.9

| Jul precipitation mm = 23.7

| Aug precipitation mm = 20.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 25.2

| Oct precipitation mm = 43.3

| Nov precipitation mm = 60.0

| Dec precipitation mm = 60.2

| year precipitation mm = 478.3

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 4.8

| Feb precipitation days = 4.5

| Mar precipitation days = 4.1

| Apr precipitation days = 2.6

| May precipitation days = 3.0

| Jun precipitation days = 3.3

| Jul precipitation days = 3.1

| Aug precipitation days = 2.7

| Sep precipitation days = 2.6

| Oct precipitation days = 4.2

| Nov precipitation days = 4.9

| Dec precipitation days = 5.4

| Jan afthumidity = 33

| Feb afthumidity = 36

| Mar afthumidity = 33

| Apr afthumidity = 33

| May afthumidity = 36

| Jun afthumidity = 43

| Jul afthumidity = 38

| Aug afthumidity = 31

| Sep afthumidity = 27

| Oct afthumidity = 27

| Nov afthumidity = 30

| Dec afthumidity = 29

| Jan dew point C = 12.5

| Feb dew point C = 13.1

| Mar dew point C = 11.0

| Apr dew point C = 7.8

| May dew point C = 5.5

| Jun dew point C = 5.2

| Jul dew point C = 2.8

| Aug dew point C = 2.0

| Sep dew point C = 2.8

| Oct dew point C = 4.6

| Nov dew point C = 8.2

| Dec dew point C = 9.9

| source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1997-2024 normals, extremes 1881-2024){{cite web

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|title = St George Airport Climate Statistics (1997-2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 21, 2024}}

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St George has the following heritage-listed sites:

• Wagoo Road ({{coord|-27.9777|148.6545|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline|name=The Anchorage}}): The Anchorage{{Cite QHR|14790|The Anchorage, St George|600015|accessdate=5 September 2016}}

The town is a centre for cotton growing, as well as sheep, wheat, onions, garlic, corn, carrots and grapes.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

File:Haarnasenwombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii).jpg

Powrunna State Forest is near St George. It includes a secure reserve to provide habitat for the critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat which is inaccessible to the public. The reserve was established in 2024 as a partnership between Queensland's Environment Department, Gunggari Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and Gunggari native title holders, Glencore mining company, and the Wombat Foundation. Fifteen of the wombats were relocated from Epping Forest National Park in early June 2024.{{cite web | last=Loftus | first=Tobi | title=Critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat now calls Powrunna State Forest home | website=ABC News | date=6 June 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/northern-hairy-nosed-wombat-now-at-powrunna-state-forest/103933720 | access-date=7 June 2024}}

The Richard Underwood Nature Refuge (RUNR) is also near St George, and {{as of|lc=yes|June 2024}} is home to 18 wombats. The area, which lies along the banks of the Balonne River, was gazetted in 2008 as wombat habitat, and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) took on the lease in October 2023. The landowners are Ed and Gabrielle Underwood. It is also home to much other wildlife, including "at least 15 other species of native mammals, 12 species of amphibians, 31 species of reptiles, and at least 83 species of birds" {{as of|lc=yes|2024}}. The refuge is completely fenced, to expel feral cats and other predators. Vegetation includes eucalypts such as silver-leaved ironbark and poplar box, along with white cypress pine and belah trees. Native grasses such as mulga mitchell grass and feathertop wiregrass grow at ground level.{{cite web | title=Richard Underwood Nature Refuge | website=AWC - Australian Wildlife Conservancy | date=21 November 2023 | url=https://www.australianwildlife.org/where-we-work/richard-underwood-nature-refuge/ | access-date=7 June 2024}}

File:St George Hospital Memorial Pavillion, Queensland, 06.jpg

St George has a visitor information centre, cultural centre, swimming pool, showground, bowling and the St George Golf Club. The address of the golf club is Wagoo Road.{{cite web|title=St George Golf Club|url=http://www.golfqueensland.org.au/clubs-1/st-george-golf-club|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106152614/http://www.golfqueensland.org.au/clubs-1/st-george-golf-club|archive-date=6 November 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= http://queenslandplaces.com.au/st-george|title= St George|publisher= Centre for the Government of Queensland|access-date= 12 December 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110822071406/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/st-george|archive-date= 22 August 2011|url-status= live}} It was opened in 1948.{{cite web|title=St George Golf Club|url=http://sandgreens.com.au/index.php?id=20|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626103428/http://sandgreens.com.au/index.php?id=20|archive-date=26 June 2014|url-status=live}}

The town also has an airport, St George Airport.

Balonne Shire Council operates a library in Victoria Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.balonne.qld.gov.au/library-locations|title=Library location and hours|publisher=Balonne Shire Council|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023214916/http://www.balonne.qld.gov.au/library-locations|archive-date=23 October 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/balonne/st_george_library|title=St George Library|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031737/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/balonne/st_george_library|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}

The St George branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms at 73 Victoria Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch locations|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2018}}

Christ Church Anglican is at 133 Victoria Street ({{Coord|-28.0378|148.5784|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Christ Church Anglican}}).{{Cite web|title=Christ Church Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/3518-christ-church-anglican-church|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812231735/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/3518-christ-church-anglican-church|url-status=live}} The St George Lutheran congregation hold their services at the Anglican Church.{{Cite web|title=St George Lutheran Church Services|url=https://www.southwesternqldlutheranparish.com.au/st-george|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-27|website=South Western Queensland Lutheran Parish|language=en-AU|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129081821/https://www.southwesternqldlutheranparish.com.au/st-george}}

St George State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 128 Victoria Street (corner of Grey Street, {{coord|-28.0377|148.5807|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St George State School}}).{{cite web|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|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|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}}{{cite web|title=St George State School|url=https://stgeorgess.eq.edu.au/|access-date=19 March 2021|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313072631/https://stgeorgess.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 217 students with 24 teachers (22 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).{{Cite web|title=2015 School Annual Report|url=https://stgeorgess.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/2015%20St%20George%20State%20School%20Annual%20Report.pdf|publisher=St George State School|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060721/https://stgeorgess.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/2015%20St%20George%20State%20School%20Annual%20Report.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 246 students with 25 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (13 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}} It includes a special education (Early Childhood to Year 12) program.

St George State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 2 Victoria Street ({{coord|-28.0304|148.5927|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St George State High School}}).{{cite web|title=St George State High School|url=https://stgeorgeshs.eq.edu.au/|access-date=19 March 2021|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313072634/https://stgeorgeshs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 221 students with 25 teachers (22 full-time equivalent) and 24 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).{{Cite web|title=2015 School Annual Report|url=https://stgeorgeshs.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/St%20George%20SHS%20Annual%20Report%202015.pdf|publisher=St George State High School|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055138/https://stgeorgeshs.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/St%20George%20SHS%20Annual%20Report%202015.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 205 students with 28 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent).

St Patrick's Catholic School was established by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The school opened on 19 February 1933. However, rain caused the official opening and blessing by Bishop James Byrne to be postponed to Sunday 28 May 1933.{{cite news|date=23 February 1933|title=LOCAL and GENERAL|page=1|newspaper=Balonne Beacon|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215393042|access-date=9 May 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010607/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215393042|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=1 June 1933|title=Visit of Bishop Byrne|page=4|newspaper=Balonne Beacon|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215392405|access-date=9 May 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404010607/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215392405|url-status=live}} In 1988 the Sisters withdrew from the operation of the school and it is now under lay leadership.

St Patrick's School is a Catholic primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 36–44 Balonne Street ({{coord|-28.0353|148.5865|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Patrick's School}}).{{cite web|title=St Patrick's School|url=https://www.stgeorge.catholic.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024042143/http://stgeorge.catholic.edu.au/|archive-date=24 October 2018|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 180 students with 14 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).

The St George show is celebrated every year over the Labour Day long weekend (weekend of the first Monday in May).{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The St George Dragons (named after the much more famous NRL team) play in the Roma District Rugby League competition.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

St George gained national attention with the election of local accountant Barnaby Joyce to the Australian Senate following the 2004 federal election. It is also the hometown of National Rugby League player Dale Shearer.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's father was also a resident being the Bank of New South Wales manager during the 1930s.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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• {{Cite book|title=St. George centenary souvenir 1846-1946|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8411569|publication-date=1946|publisher=St. George Centenary Committee}}
• {{Cite book|author1=Barbe, Rhonda|title=Fifty years in dragon country : history of St. Joseph's Convent and St. Patrick's School, St. George, Queensland, 1933-1983|publication-date=1983|publisher=Diocesan Archives|isbn=978-0-9593145-2-6|author2=Catholic Church. Diocese of Toowoomba (Qld.)}}
• {{Cite book|author1=Nolan|first=Carolyn|title=St. George's Bridge : a sequicentennial history|publication-date=1996|publisher=Balonne Shire Council|isbn=978-0-646-27859-9}}
• {{Cite book | title=The first one hundred years | publication-date=1974 | publisher=St. George State School Centenary Committee | isbn=978-0-9597138-0-0 }}

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/st-george|title=St George|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-st-george-1974.jpg|title=Town map of St George|date=1974|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• {{Cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_043034.shtml|title=Climate statistics for St George|publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology}}
• {{Cite web |title=St George : Aboriginal community history |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/firstnations/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-s-t/community-histories-st-george |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Environment, land, and water |publisher=Queensland Government}}

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