Suburb of Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia
Gladfield is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region , Queensland , Australia.[ 2] In the 2021 census , Gladfield had a population of 71 people.[ 1]
History
Gladfield State School, 1908
The locality name was derived from a pastoral run taken up in the 1840s, first by the Leslie brothers and later by Neil Ross who sold it in 1852, later becoming party of the Maryvale run.[ 2]
Gladfield Provisional School opened on 1 August 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Gladfield State School. It closed on 1967.[ 3] It was at 13 Gladfield Back Road (28°04′36″S 152°11′07″E / 28.07655°S 152.18528°E / -28.07655; 152.18528 (Gladfield State School (former) ) ).[ 4] The school building was still extant on the site in October 2008.[ 5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census , Gladfield had a population of 57 people.[ 6]
In the 2021 census , Gladfield had a population of 71 people.[ 1]
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