Ascot, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)

For the suburb in Brisbane, see Ascot, Queensland.
"Mount Sibley, Queensland" redirects here. For the mountain, see Mount Sibley (Queensland).

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Ascot
Queensland
Farm building at Ascot, 2014
Ascot is located in Queensland
Ascot
Ascot
Coordinates27°48′55″S 152°00′04″E / 27.8152°S 152.0011°E / -27.8152; 152.0011 (Ascot (centre of locality))
Population106 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density3.202/km2 (8.29/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4359
Area33.1 km2 (12.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Ascot:
East Greenmount Budgee Budgee
Nobby Ascot Hirstglen
Nobby Manapouri Pilton

Ascot is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Ascot had a population of 106 people.[1]

Geography

Farmlands along Greenmount Hirstvale Road, 2014

Ascot is on the Darling Downs. Its southern boundary follows Kings Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River. The area is heavily developed for agriculture except for elevated areas in the east.[3]

Mount Sibley is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality (27°50′00″S 151°58′00″E / 27.8333°S 151.9666°E / -27.8333; 151.9666 (Mount Sibley)), presumably taking its name from the nearby mountain of the same name in neighbouring East Greenmount.[4] The mountain was named after James Sibley, a pastoralist and publican, who leased the Clifton pastoral run in the early 1840s.[5]

History

Mount Sibley Provisional School opened in 1907. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Sibley State School. It closed circa 1952.[6] The school was located at 565 Mount Silbley Road (27°49′33″S 151°57′48″E / 27.8259°S 151.9634°E / -27.8259; 151.9634 (Mount Sibley State School (former))).[3][7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Ascot had a population of 31 people.[8]

In the 2021 census, Ascot had a population of 106 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Ascot. The nearest primary school is Pilton State School in neighbouring Pilton to the south-east, Emu Creek State School in neighbouring East Greenmount to the north-west and Nobby State School in neighbouring Nobby to the south-west. The nearest secondary school is Clifton State High School in Clifton to the south-west.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ascot (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Ascot – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47884)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Mount Sibley – locality unbounded in Toowoomba Regional (entry 23147)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Mount Sibley – mountain in the Toowoomba Region (entry 30800)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ^ "Parish of Haldon" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ascot (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

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