Upper Freestone, Queensland
locality in Southern Downs, Queensland, Australia
Upper Freestone is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.
Geography
Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park has two non-contiguous sections. The larger of the two is in the north of the locality (28.0903°S 152.2103°E / -28.0903; 152.2103 (Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park)) extending further north into Gladfield.
Freestone Creek (which rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range) enters the locality from the east on the boundary between Maryvale and Swanfels and flows through the locality exiting to the west (Freestone). It is part of the Murray-Darling drainage basin.
History
Freestone Creek (No 2) Provisional School opened on 19 October 1874. It was renamed Freestone Creek Upper Provisional School circa 1879. In 1885 it became Freestone Creek Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Freestone Upper State School.
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