Clarendon, Queensland
Coordinates: 27°26′20.38″S 152°30′56.69″E / 27.4389944°S 152.5157472°E
| Clarendon Somerset Region, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 4311 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ipswich West | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Dickson | ||||||||||||
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Clarendon is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from a railway station which was named Clarendon after a nearby lake of the same name.[1]
History
Clarendon Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1873 under the names of Tarampa, Watson's and Clarendon) and closed in 1951.[2]
Heritage listings
Clarendon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
References
- ↑ "Clarendon (entry 44851)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ "Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Clarendon) (entry 600495)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
External links
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