Upper Freestone, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2020}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Upper Freestone
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Upper Freestone landscape (looking north from McMaster Road), 2007.jpg
| caption = Upper Freestone landscape, 2007
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.1233|152.2205|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Upper Freestone (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 75
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4370
| area = 42.3
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 21.3
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Warwick
| dist2 = 90.2
| dir2 = SSE
| location2 = Toowoomba
| dist3 = 112
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Ipswich
| dist4 = 151
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Southern Downs Region
| stategov = Southern Downs
| fedgov = Maranoa
| near-n = Gladfield
| near-ne = Maryvale
| near-e = Swanfels
| near-se = Swanfels
| near-s = Swanfels
| near-sw = Mount Sturt
| near-w = Freestone
| near-nw = Freestone
}}
Upper Freestone is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|49508|Upper Freestone|locality in Southern Downs Region|access-date=27 January 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.
Geography
Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park has two non-contiguous sections. The larger of the two is in the north of the locality ({{Coord|-28.0903|152.2103|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park}}) extending further north into Gladfield.
Freestone Creek (which rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range) enters the locality from the east on the boundary between Maryvale and Swanfels and flows through the locality exiting to the west (Freestone). It is part of the Murray-Darling drainage basin.
History
File:Upper Freestone State School site, McMaster Road, 2007.jpg
Freestone Creek (No 2) Provisional School opened on 19 October 1874. It was renamed Freestone Creek Upper Provisional School circa 1879. In 1885 it became Freestone Creek Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Freestone Upper State School. It closed in 1964.{{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}} The school was on Upper Freestone School Road ({{Coord|-28.1369|152.1919|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Freestone Upper State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1937|title=Warwick|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-warwick-1937.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909072933/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-warwick-1937.jpg|archive-date=9 September 2020|access-date=9 September 2020|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}
File:Upper Freestone cemetery, McMaster Road, 2007.jpg
In 1883, {{Convert|10|acre||abbr=|adj=on}} of land was reserved for the Upper Freestone cemetery. A cemetery trust was established in 1896. The cemetery closed in 1971. The only surviving part of the cemetery are a group of graves of the O'Dempsey family which have been maintained by the family.{{Cite web|title=TOWNSHIP|url=http://www.voicom.com.au/freestone/township.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308062204/http://www.voicom.com.au/freestone/township.htm|archive-date=2020-03-08|access-date=2020-09-09|website=The History and Memories of Freestone}} The cemetery is a field to the north of McMaster Road ({{Coord|-28.1360|152.1984|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Upper Freestone cemetery}}).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=9 September 2020}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Upper Freestone had a population of 90 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32939|name=Upper Freestone (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32908|name=Upper Freestone (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}