Colinton, Queensland

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Colinton
Queensland
Colinton War Memorial.JPG
Colinton War Memorial, 2010
Colinton is located in Queensland
Colinton
Colinton
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Postcode(s) 4306
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Colinton:
Cherry Creek Moore Harlin
Anduramba
Cherry Creek
Colinton Harlin
Anduramba Harlin
Anduramba
Harlin

Colinton is a locality of the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the 2011 census, Colinton was included within the neighbouring locality of Moore, which together had a population of 315 people.[2]

Colinton lies within the water catchment area of Emu Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River. The creek marks a portion of both the southern and western boundary and the Brisbane River is aligned with the eastern boundary. The D'Aguilar Highway passes through the east where the Brisbane Valley railway line also once passed. Benarkin State Forest roughly covers the western third of Colinton. In the south Glenhowden Mountain rises to elevations greater than 350 m.

History

House at Colinton pastoral run, 1904
Land sales for Colinton, 1904

The district takes its name from the pastoral run owned by the Balfour family which was in turn named for their home town in Colinton, Lothian, Scotland.[1]

The Colinton War Memorial was unveiled outside the School of Arts on 18 January 1917 by Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Somerset, Henry Plantagenet Somerset.[3]

References

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