| 词条 | Freestone, Queensland |
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| type = suburb | name = Freestone | city = | state = qld | image =Freestone Creek (near Warwick) Queensland, Australia - circa 1910.jpg | caption =Freestone, circa 1910 | coordinates = {{coord|-28.1325|152.1452|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | pop = | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | established = | postcode = 4370 | area = 64.1 | dist1 = | dir1 = | location1 = | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2 = | dist3 = | dir3 = | location3 = | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = Southern Downs Region | stategov = Southern Downs | fedgov = Maranoa | near-n = Gladfield | near-ne = Upper Freestone | near-e = Upper Freestone | near-se = Mount Sturt | near-s = Yangan | near-sw = Swan Creek | near-w = Sladevale | near-nw = Clintonvale }}Freestone is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] GeographyFreestone is predominantly flat farming land (500-600 metres above sea level) with the northernmost part of the locality being the Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park containing Mount Dumaresq at 820 metres.[2] HistoryIn about 1864 Rev. J.B. Watkin, a Wesleyan, commenced services in private homes in the area. On 2 January 1865, a public meeting was held to erect a chapel for regular services. J and C Wilson donated the land. On Sunday 4 February 1866, the first service was held in the new chapel, a wooden building {{convert|24|by|15|ft}} at a cost of £64 4s 1d of which £50 was already promised. Much of the labour for the building was donated.[3] Freestone Creek State School opened on 1 August 1870. In 1876 it renamed Freestone Creek Lower State School. In 1940, it was renamed Freestone State School.[4] EducationFreestone State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 82 School Road. In 2016, the school had enrolment of 29 students with 3 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[5] References1. ^{{cite QPN|49507|Freestone|locality in Southern Downs Region|accessdate=6 August 2017}} 2. ^{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=13 September 2017}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75666611|title=Local Intelligence,|date=3 March 1866|newspaper=Warwick Argus And Tenterfield Chronicle|accessdate=13 September 2017|issue=35|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=II,|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.freestoness.eq.edu.au/forms/School%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=Annual Report 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=Freestone State School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913042928/http://www.freestoness.eq.edu.au/forms/School%20Annual%20Report.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=13 September 2017}} Further reading
External links{{Commons category-inline|Freestone, Queensland}}{{Southern Downs Region}}{{Queensland-geo-stub}} 1 : Southern Downs Region |
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