Clarendon, Queensland
town in Queensland, Australia
Clarendon is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Clarendon had a population of 232 people.
Geography
The locality takes its name from Lake Clarendon (approx 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south-west).
Lockyer Creek enters the locality from the south-west (Mount Tarampa / Rifle Range) and forms part of the southern boundary of the locality. The creek then passes through the locality and then forms its northern, north-eastern, and eastern boundaries before exiting to the south-east (Patrick Estate / Lowood).
History
Clarendon railway station is an abandoned railway station on the dismantled Brisbane Valley railway line (27.4244°S 152.5355°E / -27.4244; 152.5355 (Clarendon railway station (former))). Clarendon railway station was in use from 1886 to 1995 (it was called Tarampa railway station initially but was renamed).
Lockyer Creek Provisional School opened circa 1891. In 1892, it was renamed Lockyer Provisional School. It closed in 1915.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Clarendon, Queensland” as town in Queensland, Australia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Queensland, Australia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5126849. Authority coordinates are -27.439, 152.516. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1886, 1995 and 1891.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Clarendon, Queensland”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Clarendon, Queensland primary sources, Clarendon, Queensland archive and Clarendon research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Clarendon, Queensland”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Clarendon, Queensland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.