47-418: Stanley River may refer to: Stanley River (Queensland) , Australia Stanley River (Canterbury) , New Zealand Stanley River (Tasman) , New Zealand [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
94-611: A 148 kilometres (92 mi) recreation trail from Ipswich to Blackbutt which provides walkers, cyclists and horse riders an opportunity to experience the history and landscape of the Brisbane River Valley. In 2005, when the Wivenhoe Alliance completed its upgrade of nearby Wivenhoe Dam, South East Queensland’s primary water supply and flood mitigation dam, the upgrade was completed six months ahead of schedule and 10% below budget. Wivenhoe Alliance approached
141-570: A health club. The Fernvale War Memorial and flagpole is located near the public car park. The Goodstart preschool Learning Centre are located in Fernvale. Medical facilities include a medical centre and pathologist, baby clinic, optometrist, dentist. The Fernvale Futures Complex incorporates an accredited tourist information centre staffed by a team of volunteers and has facilities for meetings and conferences, with smaller rooms for visiting specialists and counselling. The complex also serves
188-408: A loop siding. The siding led to a crane which swivelled by means of a wheel running on a circular rail. A hand-held rope on the 'bundle of goods' was all that was needed to guide the crane, the base of which still remains in the park, a small octagonal concrete platform close to the public car park. Corn, pumpkins, potatoes, fruit, timber, all manner of produce was loaded here. A cream shed stood where
235-528: A special education program. Extra-curricular activities include Wakkirri drama group, school choir, chess club and an instrumental band. A strong P & C supports the school and runs the Fernvale Markets in the school grounds. A Centenary booklet is available for perusal. There is no secondary school in Fernvale. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in Lowood to
282-589: A wave of squatters travelled from Sydney via the inland areas of New England and the Darling Downs , bringing sheep to settle on the rich pastures of the Brisbane Valley, taking up runs of tens of thousands of acres. When the embargo was lifted in 1842, the first Europeans to select land and settle in the Fernvale area were Edmund Blucher Uhr and his brother, whose river frontage run they called Fernie Lawn. This large, unfenced holding which included
329-655: Is a perennial river in the South East region of Queensland , Australia . A major tributary of the Brisbane River , the Stanley River valley extends roughly 35 kilometres (22 mi) westwards from the area south of Maleny , through Woodford to Kilcoy before veering southwards. Formed by runoff from the Jimna, Conondale , Bellthorpe and D'Aguilar ranges, the river rises west of Landsborough in
376-746: Is used for guides, church services and dances. It houses a Pilates studio. The Fernvale Lowood Uniting Church is at 1503 Brisbane Valley Highway ( 27°27′14″S 152°39′03″E / 27.4540°S 152.6508°E / -27.4540; 152.6508 ( Fernvale Lowood Uniting Church ) ). Fernvale Community Church holds Sunday morning services in the Fernvale Community Hall. The Indoor Sports Centre features two full size playing courts marked for basketball, netball and futsall, two indoor cricket fields and several multi-purpose rooms which serve as gymnasium, group exercise rooms (including yoga, boxercise and aerobics etc.) and
423-541: The 1893 Black February floods caused severe flooding downstream in Brisbane and other towns such as Fernvale . The 1893 floods occurred after heavy rains near Peachester . The river once marked the north-west boundary of the defunct County of Stanley . Fernvale, Queensland Download coordinates as: Fernvale is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region , Queensland , Australia. In
470-510: The 2021 census , the locality of Fernvale had a population of 3,629 people. Fernvale State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 1605 Brisbane Valley Highway ( 27°26′48″S 152°38′39″E / 27.4467°S 152.6441°E / -27.4467; 152.6441 ( Fernvale State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 580 students with 43 teachers (38 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). It includes
517-572: The 2021 census , the locality of Fernvale had a population of 3,629 people. It is a rapidly developing rural township located within the urban footprint of the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009–2031. Approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Brisbane , Fernvale lies on the Brisbane River in the southern part of Somerset Region. The town acts as a centre for the adjacent areas of Fairney View , Vernor and Wivenhoe Pocket . Fernvale falls within
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#1732772565061564-471: The Brisbane Valley railway line opened as far as Lowood , later continuing to Esk and eventually as far as Blackbutt , allowing fast efficient transport of produce to the markets in Brisbane and Ipswich. The first stage, from Ipswich to Lowood, opened in 1884 and the last train ran in 1989. There was a time when these yards buzzed with horse-drawn carts and bullock wagons bringing in the produce of
611-497: The 2011 floods debris remains in the river, making the formerly popular sport of canoeing temporarily hazardous. River access points close to the town may be found at Savages Crossing, Geoff Fisher Bridge and Twin Bridges. With the emergence of two 2nd hand shops in Fernvale with a strong selection of used books, Fernvale is slowly setting itself up as a rural book town, worthy of attracting day-trippers from Brisbane especially on
658-658: The Brisbane River flood. The Fernvale Memorial Park was upgraded to its present standard in 2006 as part of the Wivenhoe Alliance legacy project following the upgrade of the Wivenhoe Dam. The Fernvale Indoor Sports Centre, opened in 2010, incorporates a gymnasium and a four court sports stadium, offering indoor cricket, futsal, netball, indoor touch football, junior indoor sports and cheerleading. The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, for horse-riding, cycling and walking, may be accessed at Fernvale Memorial Park. In 2011,
705-476: The Brisbane Valley at Fernvale in 1871. In 1886, the Church of Christ built a new church two miles away at Vernor . Catholic and Anglican services were continued for some time by itinerant priests who travelled widely through the Brisbane Valley. The first Methodist church in the Brisbane Valley was built at Fernvale in 1872, on land close to the river, donated by Emmanuel Denman. The Primitive Methodist Chapel
752-471: The British Government’s establishment of a penal settlement where the city of Brisbane now stands, an embargo was placed on the occupation of land within fifty miles of the ‘closed’ penal establishment. Several officers of the colony made journeys of exploration up the Brisbane River, passing through the area which would become Fernvale. After Allan Cunningham 's discovery in 1828 of Cunninghams Gap
799-560: The Fernvale cricket, tennis and football teams were keenly followed. During and between the World Wars numerous fund-raising dances and music evenings were held in the Old Fernvale Hall. The scene of dances, balls, musical evenings, wedding receptions and fetes, the Old Fernvale Hall was the centre of social life in Fernvale from 1934 through to the 1980s, when it was replaced by the new, and larger, community hall . During
846-564: The Uniting Church to the Fernvale Lions Club, for the building of a community centre, and were moved across the road to 6 Clive Street ( 27°27′14″S 152°39′01″E / 27.4538°S 152.6502°E / -27.4538; 152.6502 ( Fernvale Lions Centre (former Uniting Church) ) ) as the first stage of a Lions Park. A new Uniting Church building was then built on the highway site during 2013 and
893-586: The area formerly occupied by the Indigenous Jagera people. Just upstream from Fernvale is a significant archaeological site known as Platypus Rockshelter, a double chambered weathered cavity in conglomerate cliff, now largely inundated by Wivenhoe Dam . The site was excavated as a salvage operation in the late 1970s. Excavation recovered thousands of stone artifacts, associated with large amounts of shellfish (predominantly freshwater mussel), mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish bones. Following
940-574: The area now known as Fernvale was purchased from the Uhr brothers by the North family early in 1843. Wivenhoe, the adjoining station higher up the Brisbane River, was then taken up by Edmund Blucher Uhr and J. S. Ferriter until it too was bought by the North family in 1849. Part of this land was called North’s Pocket, now known as Wivenhoe Pocket . The future township of Fernvale became a known stop for bullock wagons and cattle drovers, who frequently camped by
987-469: The community in such diverse ways as providing public access to computers and printing services, meeting rooms for social groups, training courses, workshops and exhibitions. The Old Fernvale Bakery is located on the Brisbane Valley highway and has become a local landmark offering a selection of over 170 different varieties of pies. It has won awards for its pies. Fishing, swimming and non-motorised water sports are permitted on nearby Wivenhoe Dam. Since
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#17327725650611034-518: The depression years dances and fund raising evenings were run by local personality Mr August Stumer Following World War II a shortage of men and materials led to a drift away from the area. Dairying has been replaced by beef cattle, and a small amount of mixed cropping continues in the surrounding farmlands. Fernvale held its first campdraft in 1947 on part of Mr Mat Powell’s property and the Fernvale Campdraft Association
1081-480: The devastating flood of 1893 the flood reached a height of about 24 feet (7.3 m) above the 1890 flood level and occurred so rapidly that little could be saved. Work commenced on building an Anglican church in June 1895. On Friday 7 August 1895 St Mark's Anglican Church was dedicated by Bishop William Webber . The name St Mark's had a local significance as it was the name of the church at Wivenhoe Pocket which
1128-423: The earliest churches, have all gone. But the butcher shop, first opened in remains unchanged, the old dance hall is now ‘Down to a Tea’ tea rooms, and the new ‘Old Fernvale Bakery’ has an interesting collection in its café of memorabilia and photos of days gone by. In 1869, the first German Baptist church services, at first known as the Church of Christ, began in Fernvale followed by the first Methodist church in
1175-484: The end of the 1860s by increasing numbers of German settlers. Descendants of many of these early settlers remain in the area today. Farmers engaged in mixed cropping and dairying, and cotton was widely grown in the area in response to the world shortage caused by the American Civil War . Cotton ginneries were established by Carl Sahl at Fernie Lawn and by Cribb & Foote at Stinking Gully. Fernvale at
1222-524: The heaviest rainfall areas in Australia. The average annual rainfall in the area is 925 millimetres (36.4 in). Riparian vegetation around the Lake Somerset area have been almost completely cleared for grazing . In the upper reaches bushland remains mostly intact although wildlife corridors have been fragmented and fish stocks reduced. The Gastric-brooding frog is an extinct frog that
1269-838: The hinterland surrounding the Sunshine Coast and flows generally southwest, joined by eighteen minor tributaries before being impounded by the Somerset Dam built 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) upstream from its confluence with the Brisbane River. The dam was the principal water supply for Brisbane for some fifty years until the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam was completed, forming Lake Wivenhoe. The Stanley River tributaries include Ewen, Crohamhurst, London, Running, Blackrock, One Mile, Monkeybong, Delaney’s, Neurem, Stony, Marysmokes, Scrubby, Sandy, Kilcoy, Sheepstation, Oaky, Byron and Reedy Creeks. The river courses through one of
1316-411: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_River&oldid=1212462254 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stanley River (Queensland) The Stanley River
1363-677: The picnic tables are today, and cattle yards held beef cattle which had been walked in by drovers from outlying grazing properties, ready to be loaded into the wagons. The Post Office collected mail each day from the train, an improvement on the days when it came by bullock wagon. An annual campdraft is held every year in March at the Fernvale Showgrounds (Colin Powell Reserve). Each year in July around 800 people assemble in
1410-538: The railway line was built through the district, the post office was transferred across the road to the Phelps home, adjacent to the railway station. Mail was delivered onwards to outlying farms by mail contractors, at first on horseback or by horse and cart, and later by car. In 1963, a new Postmaster, Mr Noonan, took over the Post Office in Fernvale after 84 years of faithful service by the Phelps family. In 1884,
1457-519: The river overnight before crossing en route to the rapidly growing timber and grazing areas to the north. When New South Wales passed the Agricultural Reserves Act 1861 and a new wave of settlers moved into the area, Fernie Lawn was divided into smaller selections, with land for sale at £1 per acre and cultivation and fencing to be carried out by the purchaser. These first selectors were predominantly Scots and English, followed by
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1504-570: The school closer to the centre of Fernvale but it remains where it started. The Wivenhoe post office had its name changed to Fernvale in 1877. In 1879 the Fernvale Post Office was a combined post and telegraph office in Cribb and Foote’s Store, where Abraham Phelps was manager. In those early days, when isolation meant that news from overseas was anxiously awaited, mail was brought by bullock team, and later by horse-drawn coach. When
1551-465: The school on 11 May 1874, he found that all of the children were picking cotton and none attended the new school until after the cotton harvest was in. The school opened with fifty-four pupils, most of them from German-speaking families. In 1910, ten acres of the original eighty were fenced in, and in 1915, the old Harris Brothers store no longer being safe, a new school was built and the old building sold and removed. Various attempts have been made to move
1598-460: The site of old Fernvale railway station ( 27°27′20″S 152°39′08″E / 27.4555°S 152.6522°E / -27.4555; 152.6522 ( Fernvale railway station (former) ) ) and was designed to have a similar shape; it was opened in September 2006. In 2011, Fernvale Futures Complex was converted into a temporary shelter and Flood Relief Centre for families affected by
1645-685: The surrounding farms to be loaded on the trains for transport to the markets of Ipswich and Brisbane. The Brisbane Valley line survived for a century, until 1989. The line has been removed and the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail created over much of its length. The stationmaster’s house was in Clive Street until 2019 when it was demolished. The Brisbane River valley has always been troubled by alternating drought and flood, and Fernvale and Wivenhoe Pocket have several times been inundated, with many homes and buildings washed away. In
1692-485: The then Esk Shire Council to see if the money could be used in a project that would benefit the community of Fernvale. The Fernvale Futures Partnership was formed. The Fernvale Memorial Park was upgraded and the Fernvale Futures Complex ( 27°27′20″S 152°39′08″E / 27.4555°S 152.6523°E / -27.4555; 152.6523 ( Fernvale Futures Complex ) ) was built on
1739-419: The time consisted of two areas - Harrisborough, named after Harris Brothers cotton stores, and Stinking Gully named after the water course which separated the two areas. By 1875, it had became known as Fernvale. The name Stinking Gully was officially changed to Ferny Gully in 1930. The old blacksmith, the tennis court (made by hand from termites nests and river water), the first bakery, Cribb and Foote’s store,
1786-488: The time, Fernvale comprised two separate areas: Harrisborough, named after the Harris Brothers stores, and Stinking Gully named after the watercourse which separated the two areas. Although the town changed its name to Fernvale when the new Telegraph Office opened in 1879, the school retained the old name until 1889, the last establishment in the town to change. When the first headmaster, Thomas Barrett Guppy, opened
1833-471: The town was once again badly affected by floods , with one hundred and twelve homes inundated in Fernvale and twenty-five in Vernor. Residents also described an abundance of snakes in the floods. On 26 October 2013, the Uniting Church congregations of Lowood and Fernvale combined and dedicated a new church in Fernvale. In the 2016 census , the locality of Fernvale had a population of 3,209 people. In
1880-567: The weekends. The Fernvale Memorial Park stands on the site of the old railway goods yards in the centre of Fernvale, adjacent to the Fernvale Futures Centre, and offers a children’s playground, picnic tables, car parking, toilets, and access to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. Traces of the days of rail transport can still be seen in the park. Some steel track remains, and a lever for switching trains to
1927-457: The west. Community and social groups in Fernvale include the Lions Club of Fernvale, Fernvale Women’s Group, Fernvale Social Club (conducted by Ipswich Community Aid Inc.), Fernvale Community Association, Fernvale and Lowood Neighbourhood Watch, Somerset 4 x 4 Club, Somerset Region Business Alliance (Chamber of Commerce), Fernvale Girl Guides and Fernvale Youth Inc. The Old Fernvale Hall
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1974-565: Was dedicated by the then Queensland Moderator of the Uniting Church, Rev Kaye Ronalds, on 26 October 2013. The 1894 church and hall were officially opened on 2 March 2019 by Shayne Neumann , Federal Member for Blair , as the Fernvale Lions Centre. Fernvale School opened as Harrisborough School in 1874, in an eighty by twenty feet cotton store purchased along with a four roomed separate building and two forty acre blocks of land, for £400 from cotton merchants J & G Harris. At
2021-401: Was dedicated once again as St Mark's Anglican Church on 30 August 1936 by Archbishop William Wand . The £50 was given to construct a new Anglican church at Hidden Vale . Social life and sport in Fernvale were always strong. In the last years of the nineteenth century ploughing competitions were held near the river crossing. Town sports days brought people in from outlying districts, and
2068-518: Was discovered in only three catchments, the Mary River , Mooloolah and Stanley Rivers. The Endangered Giant Barred Frog Mixophyes iteratu has also been recorded on the Stanley River. Before either dam was built the Stanley and Brisbane Rivers were both prone to flooding. Despite warnings instigated by Henry Somerset who saw flash flooding in the upper reaches of the Stanley River valley,
2115-485: Was formed. Campdrafting has strengthened over the years. In the 1980s, the building of the Wivenhoe Dam brought new employment and families into the area. Since 1985, the showgrounds is home to the Lowood-Fernvale Pony Club. On 7 December 2002, the 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) Fernvale to Lowood section of the disused Brisbane Valley Railway opened as part of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail
2162-610: Was moved to the present site on the Brisbane Valley Highway in 1882 due to its vulnerability to floods. Another larger church was built in 1894, becoming part of the Methodist Church in the amalgamation of 1902 and then part of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, occupying that site (1503 Brisbane Valley Highway) until December 2012. This 1894 church building and its hall were then donated by
2209-528: Was washed away in the 1893 Queensland flood . The church was at 2 Macauley Street (corner of Erkine Street, 27°27′22″S 152°39′04″E / 27.4561°S 152.6510°E / -27.4561; 152.6510 ( St Mark's Anglican church (former site) ) ). It closed in 1934 and in 1936 the building was sold to the Queensland Government for £50 and it was relocated to Somerset Dam , where, after renovating and re-roofing, it
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