Brightview, Queensland

Brightview is a locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Brightview had a population of 813 people.[1]

Brightview
Queensland
Looking across Brightview Apostolic cemetery to the fields beyond, 2005
Brightview
Coordinates27.5147°S 152.4763°E / -27.5147; 152.4763
Population813 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density32.01/km2 (82.90/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4311
Area25.4 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Brightview:
Lockrose Mount Tarampa Rifle Range
Lowood
Regency Downs Brightview Tarampa
Kensington Grove Prenzlau Coolana

Geography

Brightview is a rural locality. The larger north-eastern part (15.9 square kilometres (6.1 sq mi)) is in Somerset Region and is mostly used for farming; that part is in the federal electorate of Blair. The smaller south-western part (8.5 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi)) in Lockyer Valley Region is more residential in character; that part is in the federal electorate of Wright.[3]

The northern boundary is Lockyer Creek.[3] Brightview Weir is located on the creek at 27.4965°S 152.5013°E / -27.4965; 152.5013 (Brightview Weir).[4]

History
Brightview Farm, 1905

Brightview was originally named Tarampa Flats and then Lobethal. It is thought the present name was the name of a pastoral property owned by Ernest Christian Frederick Beutel.[2]

Tarampa Flat Provisional School opened on 25 November 1902, being renamed Brightview Provisional School in 1906. It became Brightview State School on 1 January 1909. It closed on 11 May 1962.[5]

It is unclear when the Apostolic church opened, but an Apostolic congregation was already established in Tarampa Flats by 1911.[6]

Population of Brightview
Year Population Notes
1911 131 [7]
1933 180 [7]
1961 158 [7]
2001 675 [7]
2006 895 [7]

Amenities
Brightview Apostolic Church, 2005

The Apostolic Church of Queensland has a church and adjoining cemetery at 22 Thorne Street just off Brightview Road.[8]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brightview (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. "Brightview – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44945)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "Brightview Weir – weir in Somerset Region (entry 4539)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "German Apostolic Church Jubilee". Queensland Times. Vol. LIII, no. 8186. Queensland, Australia. 1 August 1911. p. 6 (DAILY). Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Population by cities, towns, localities & suburbs 1861 to 2008p". Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. "The Apostolic Church of Queensland - Brightview". Australia's Christian Heritage. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

Further reading

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