Silver Spur, Queensland
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Silver Spur (also written as Silverspur) is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.[4] In the 2021 census, the locality of Silver Spur had a population of 94 people.[1]
History
Silverspur Provisional School opened on 27 May 1895. On 1 November 1912 it became Silverspur State School. It closed on 1960.[5] It was on the Stanthorpe – Texas Road on the corner of Hilton Street (28°51′46″S 151°16′33″E / 28.8629°S 151.2757°E / -28.8629; 151.2757 (Silverspur State School)).[6]
St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church was dedicated on 19 August 1932 by the Archbishop of Brisbane Gerald Sharp. It was on the Stanthorpe Texas Road.[7][8] It closed circa 1966.[9]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Silver Spur had a population of 72 people.[10]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Silver Spur had a population of 94 people.[1]
Facilities
There is a cemetery at the end of Spooners Road off Waverley Lane (28°50′56″S 151°14′54″E / 28.8489°S 151.2484°E / -28.8489; 151.2484 (Silver Spur cemetery)) operated by the Goondiwindi Regional Council.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Silver Spur (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Silver Spur – town in Goondiwindi Region (entry 30841)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Silver Spur – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Town of Silver Spur" (Map). Queensland Government. 1925. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "SILVERSPUR". The Brisbane Courier. No. 23, 272. Queensland, Australia. 31 August 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Letters from Little Readers". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1932. p. 41. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Silver Spur (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
External links
- "Town map of Silver Spur". Queensland Government. 1973.
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