Lilyvale, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
For the locality in the Central Highlands Region, see Lilyvale, Queensland (Central Highlands Region).
| Lilyvale Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Fields along Kingsthorpe Haden Road, 2014 | |||||||||||||
  Lilyvale | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°22′S 151°49′E / 27.367°S 151.817°ECoordinates: 27°22′S 151°49′E / 27.367°S 151.817°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 1,977 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4352 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||
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Lilyvale is a locality in the Toowoomba Region local government area on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census Lilyvale and several other nearby localities recorded a population of 1,977.[1]
A prominent hill in the north of the area remains mostly vegetated and reaches elevations above 590 m. A second hill in the southeast rises to around 570 m. The rest of Lilyvale has been cleared for agricultural purposes.
History
The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association opened a cheese factory at Lilyvale in 1926.[2]
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lilyvale (Toowoomba Region) (Gazetted Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association Limited Factory (former) (entry 602596)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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