Ebenezer, Queensland
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ebenezer is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the Template:CensusAU, Ebenezer had a population of 301 people.[1]
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Bremer River and to north-east by the Yarrowlea-Jeebropilly railway line (a branch line off the Main Line railway).[3] Despite the name, Ebenezer railway station is off Coopers Road in neighbouring Jeebropilly (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), just before the balloon loop at the end of the line.[4][5]
In the west of the locality is a former coal mine. The rehabilitation of the site has been controversial.[6]
Geiger Lagoon (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a lake created from the Script error: No such module "convert". site of the Jeebropilly West open-cut mine, which closed in 2001. The lagoon is named after the Geiger family, who were pioneer settlers from 1857 in the area.[7]
Keanes Lagoon is a waterhole (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). It is named after the land owner John Richard Keane (1846-1927).[8]
Apart from this the land use is a mix of rural residential living (mostly around Ebenezer Road and Mount Forbes Road) and grazing on native vegetation.[3]
History
Seven Mile Creek State School opened on 2 November 1868. In 1888 it was renamed Ebenezer State School. It closed in 1957.[9][10] It was located at 354-356 Ebenezer Road (opposite the junction with Turnbull Road, Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[11]
The locality takes its name from the Ebenezer Wesleyan (later Methodist) Church which opened on Sunday 23 April 1871 at Seven Mile Creek.[12][13] Ebenezer is from a Hebrew word meaning rock of faith.[2] It was opposite the school at 1 Turnbull Road (corner of Ebenezer Road, Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[14] Now demolished, the church operated until at least 1942.[15][16]
Demographics
At the Template:CensusAU, Ebenezer had a population of 386 people.[17]
In the Template:CensusAU, Ebenezer had a population of 315 people.[18]
In the Template:CensusAU, Ebenezer had a population of 301 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Ebenezer. The nearest primary schools are Rosewood State School in neighbouring Rosewood to the north-west and Mutdapilly State School in Mutdapilly to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Rosewood State High School in Rosewood.[3]
References
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