Ubobo

Ubobo is located south of Gladstone and Calliope along Highway 69 in Central Queensland, Australia. It is one of four small townships within the locality of Boyne Valley, along with Nagoorin, Builyan, and Many Peaks.

Ubobo is a small town found in the middle of the Boyne Valley, which is mostly made up of family farms that have been passed on to the next generation over the years.

The Town of Ubobo appears on a 1921 survey plan U7251. It was established as one of the soldier settlements created after World War I.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75434449|title=New Memorial Hall At Ubobo|date=20 January 1955|newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald|access-date=1 January 2019|issue=1302|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=22|page=10|via=National Library of Australia}}

The name comes from the railway station name, assigned in 1910 by the Queensland Railways Department and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning wild arrowroot. The railway station was on the Gladstone to Monto railway line.

The first school building was originally built as the Glassford Creek State School at the end of the 19th century, and was dismantled and moved to Ubobo where it opened as Ubobo State School 23 March 1927.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} A larger building was opened in 1932 and the original building offered for sale.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=History|url=https://uboboss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Ubobo State School|language=en}}

Circa August 1931, Sunday School classes began in the Ubobo Hall organised by St Saviour's Anglican Church in Gladstone. Circa May 1934, William Alexander Fancourt McDonald, of Wietalaba, donated land for an Anglican church in Ubobo.{{cite news|date=15 May 1934|title=ANGLICAN SYNOD OF R'TON DIOCESE.|page=5|newspaper=The Evening News|issue=3926|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198826129|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=29 January 2022}} Later,{{When|date=January 2022}} St Luke's Anglican Church was opened at 4995 Gladstone Monto Road ({{Coord|-24.4071|151.3240|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Luke's Anglican Church}}). It is now closed and is used for commercial purposes.{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Luke's Anglican Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4715|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Queensland religious places database}}{{Cite web|title=St Luke's Anglican Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2929-st-lukeand#39;s-anglican-church-former|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Churches Australia|language=en}}

The Boyne Valley branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) was established on 21 November 1935.{{Cite web|url=https://boynevalley.org.au/organisations/cwa/|title=Boyne Valley Branch, Queensland Country Women's Association|website=Boyne Valley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101023658/https://boynevalley.org.au/organisations/cwa/|archive-date=1 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2019}}

On 24 December 1953, the Ububo Memorial Hall was burned down in a fire. In January 1955, a new memorial hall was opened.

The QCWA hall in Ububo was officially opened in April 1959. The building was originally built in 1914 as the post office at Many Peaks. It was later moved to Littlemore (approx {{Convert|5|km||abbr=}} south of Ubobo) and become the Littlemore Memorial Hall. The QCWA branch had been using the old Ububo Memorial Hall until it was destroyed. The QCWA were gifted the Littlemore Memorial Hall which was relocated to 5 Railway Terrace, Ububo in 1958.

In 1985, a building was relocated from Calliope to Ubobo to become St Mary's Catholic Church.{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Mary's Catholic Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4716|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Queensland religious places database}}

The Ubobo Post Office was closed on the 4th of August 1993. {{Cite web|title=ParlInfo - QUESTIONS ON NOTICE : Postal Services|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansards/1996-06-17/0129%22;src1=sm1|access-date=2022-02-02|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}

The town is made up of

• the Ubobo General Store
• the local garage
• two small churches
• a well-used QCWA hall
• the Boyne Valley Community Discovery Center has been restored by volunteers and provides camping and accommodation.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-13 |title=Home - Boyne Valley Community Discovery Centre |url=https://boynevalley.org.au/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Boyne Valley Community Discovery Centre Inc. |language=en-US}}
• St Mary's Catholic Church at 4985 Gladstone Monto Road ({{Coord|-24.4065|151.3236|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Mary's Catholic Church}}).{{Cite web |title=Gladstone |url=https://rok.catholic.net.au/parish/gladstone/ |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=St Mary's Catholic Church |url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/t-z-towns/directory/1047-st-maryand#39;s-catholic-church |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Churches Australia |language=en}}
• the Boyne Valley Historical Cottage, opened in 1988 by the Boyne Valley Historical Society Inc. The historical display. located at Railway Terrace, Ubobo, is open by appointment.{{Cite web |title=Boyne Valley Historical Society |url=https://www.facebook.com/BoyneValleyHistoricalSociety/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}

Ubobo State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Cedarvale Road ({{coord|-24.4067|151.3217|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ubobo State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|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|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=Ubobo State School|url=https://uboboss.eq.edu.au/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Ubobo State School|language=en}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 12 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|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|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}} Enrolments had been declining for several years, and at the start of 2019 the school had only 2 students. After both students left to attend other schools, the school was temporarily closed and remains so as of February 2025.{{Cite web |date=17 September 2019 |title=Temporary Closure of Ubobo State School |url=https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07GRNT5R8/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |access-date=29 January 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=Ubobo State School|url=https://uboboss.eq.edu.au/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Ubobo State School|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-26 |title=Ubobo State School |url=https://uboboss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Ubobo State School |language=en}}

There are no secondary schools in the Boyne Valley. The nearest government secondary school is Calliope State High School in Calliope to the north, which offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For Years 11 and 12, the nearest government schools are Gladstone State High School in West Gladstone and Tannum Sands State High School in Tannum Sands, both to the north; however, the distances involved are sufficiently large that distance education and boarding school are other options.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=29 January 2022}}

File:Soldier Settler House (2009).jpgFile:Ubobo Boyne Valley CWA Building 001.JPGUbobo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Soldier Settler House, Gladstone-Monto Road{{cite QHR|17042|Soldier Settler House|602229|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Ububo QCWA, 5 Railway Terrace{{Cite web |title=Ubobo QCWA |url=http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=db86e92b-e2c1-43d0-9014-6fce43b5481b&groupId=1570002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101030508/http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=db86e92b-e2c1-43d0-9014-6fce43b5481b&groupId=1570002 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=Gladstone Heritage Register |publisher=Gladstone Regional Council}}
• the Ubobo Station Mistress's Residence is now used as the headquarters of the Boyne Valley Historical Society, 7 Railway Terrace{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Amy |title=Local Heritage Register |url=https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/local-heritage-register |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Gladstone Regional Council |at=Ubobo Station Mistress's Residence |language=en}}

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• {{Citation|author1=Ubobo State School|title=Ubobo State School : a collection of memories : celebrating 75 years of state education, 1927 - 2002|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8443876|publication-date=2002|publisher=Ubobo State School}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-ubobo-1973.jpg|title=Town map of Ubobo|date=1973|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/gladstone-localities|publisher=University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places|title=Gladstone Localities}}
• [http://www.boynevalley.org.au The Boyne Valley, Queensland, Australia]
• [https://boynevalley.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/valley-road-map.pdf Map of The Boyne Valley]
• List of articles about [http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=30054 Ubobo State School] on Trove

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