13-602: Glamorgan Vale is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Glamorgan Vale had a population of 384 people. Glamorgan Vale is in the Lockyer Valley , 57 kilometres (35 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane . The township itself is prone to flooding in times of extreme weather events as it borders the Black Snake Creek
26-594: A population of 384 people. There is a heritage church across from the school which is now private property. Down from the school, there is community hall, tennis court and public park. Glamorgan Vale is also the home to a cemetery, private airfield, pet motel and the Glamorgan Vale Water Board. The Glamorgan branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 725 Glamorgan Vale Road. Glamorgan Vale State School
39-470: A tributary of the Brisbane River . A Wesleyan Methodist church opened on Tarampa Road on Sunday 20 August 1871. It was described as a "well built slab building, on a good site, and will seat about a hundred persons". It was erected by local people. Glamorgan Vale Post Office opened on 1 January 1872 and closed in 1972. Thomas Pratt from Somerset , England was the first postmaster. Pratt also had
52-497: Is Lowood State High School in neighbouring Lowood to the north-west. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
65-688: Is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 750 Glamorgan Vale Road ( 27°30′54″S 152°37′56″E / 27.5149°S 152.6323°E / -27.5149; 152.6323 ( Glamorgan Vale State School ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 68 students with 7 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 8 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Glamorgan Vale. The nearest government secondary school
78-628: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia The Permanent Committee on Place Names ( PCPN ) created from the various Australian and New Zealand committees on geographical names . The PCPN started in 1984 as
91-788: The Committee for Geographical Names in Australia ( CGNA ) and it was renamed in 2005. It was integrated within the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) in 1993. It is also associated with the Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division of Geoscience Australia . It contributes to the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names . Annual meetings followed at:- The authorities that work on geographic names and are members of
104-580: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
117-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
130-587: The licence for the Glamorgan hotel from 1880 to 1895 and again from 1898 to 1899. He and his family settled in Ipswich , naming their home Glamorganvale. The Hotel was redeveloped and now operates as the Bottletree Hotel. Glamorgan Vale State School opened on 12 July 1875. Glamorgan Vale State School celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2015. The school originally had a principal's house next door which
143-472: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
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#1732801109449156-585: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
169-492: Was demolished and turned into a sports field. The area was designated for new housing growth in the 2016 draft release of the South East Queensland Regional Plan . In the 2011 census , the locality of Glamorgan Vale had a population of 560 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Glamorgan Vale had a population of 404 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Glamorgan Vale had
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