15-656: Ellesmere may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Ellesmere, Queensland , a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland the former name of Scottsdale, Tasmania , Australia Canada [ edit ] Ellesmere Island , an Arctic island of Canada and named for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere Ellesmere Road , an arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and named after Ellesmere, Shropshire Ellesmere station , on
30-602: A 19th-century English politician and patron of the arts Earl of Ellesmere , title in the Peerage of the UK Ellesmere Choi , Hong Kong TVB actor See also [ edit ] Ellesmere College (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Ellesmere Elmore (disambiguation) Elsmere (disambiguation) Elsmore (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
45-679: A city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in 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
60-594: A civil parish to the west Ellesmere Park , area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England Ellesmere Port , an industrial town in Cheshire, England Ellesmere Port and Neston , a former district and borough in Cheshire, England Ellesmere Canal , a canal in the United Kingdom, now known as the Llangollen Canal Other [ edit ] Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere ,
75-718: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and 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
90-560: A school. In March 1915, the Queensland Government reserved 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land for a school. In November 1915, tenders were called to erect a school building. Ellesmere State School opened in May 1916. In April 1922, the school was burned down and forced to close as the government would not agree to the temporary use of a farmer's barn as a school room; there were 46 children enrolled at this time. In December 1922,
105-643: Is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Ellesmere had a population of 334 people. The western boundary of the locality loosely follow the Stuart Range . Halys Round Mountain is in the south-west corner of the locality ( 26°46′29″S 151°41′30″E / 26.7748°S 151.6918°E / -26.7748; 151.6918 ( Halys Round Mountain ) ) rising to 655 metres (2,149 ft) above sea level. Kumbia Road enters
120-696: The Toronto subway in Canada New Zealand [ edit ] Ellesmere, New Zealand , a locality in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora , a lake near Ellesmere Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate) , an historic New Zealand electorate United Kingdom [ edit ] Ellesmere, Shropshire , a market town in Shropshire, England Ellesmere Castle Ellesmere Rural ,
135-438: 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
150-399: The government allocated £613 to build a new school building. It reopened on 16 July 1923. In 1961, it closed permanently. It was at 938 Kumbia Road (north-east corner of Ellesmere Road, 26°44′25″S 151°43′18″E / 26.74038°S 151.72160°E / -26.74038; 151.72160 ( Ellesmere State School (former) ) ). As at November 2020, the school building
165-470: The locality from the east ( Brooklands ) and exits to the west ( Alice Creek / Haly Creek ). The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation, but there is also some crop growing and an area of rural residential housing in the north-east of the locality. The Stuart Range was named by surveyor James Charles Burnett after the explorer Henry Stuart Russell , who explored the area in 1842. In August 1913, local residents desired to establish
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#1732765058940180-527: The north and Nanango State High School in Nanango to the north-east. This South Burnett Region , Queensland , Australia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
195-531: The term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of 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
210-508: The title Ellesmere . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellesmere&oldid=1141332291 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ellesmere, Queensland Ellesmere
225-633: Was still extant on the site. In September 1922, 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land was reserved for a School of Arts. In the 2016 census , Ellesmere had a population of 343 people. In the 2021 census , Ellesmere had a population of 334 people. There are no schools in Ellesmere. The nearest government primary school is Kumbia State School in Kumbia to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Kingaroy State High School in Kingaroy to
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