Warrill View, Queensland

Warrill View is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Warrill View had a population of 203 people.[4]

Warrill View
Queensland
Cunningham Highway at Warrill View, 2015
Warrill View is located in Queensland
Warrill View
Warrill View
Coordinates27.8225°S 152.615°E / -27.8225; 152.615 (Warrill View (town centre))
Population203 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4307
Elevation65 m (213 ft)
Area33.2 km2 (12.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)Wright
Localities around Warrill View:
Coleyville Coleyville Harrisville
Coleyville Warrill View Wilsons Plains
Rosevale Silverdale Radford

Geography

Warrill View is located in the Fassifern Valley farming area. The Cunningham Highway passes through Warrill View. Warrill Creek is a tributary of the Bremer River.

History

Botanist Allan Cunningham explored this area in 1829. From a knoll, he saw extensive plains which he named Laidley Plain after colonial administrator James Laidley who was the Deputy Commissary General in Sydney at that time.[5][6]

The town was called Normanby from about 1859 to 1931. However, that caused confusion with another town called Normanby on the road from Ipswich to Harrisville, resulting in this town being renamed Warrill View, a name that was already in use for the school and post office. The name Warrill comes from the name of the local creek, whose name is allegedly an Aboriginal word meaning water or stream.[7]

Warrill View State School opened on 15 September 1910.[8]

Warrill View Baptist Church was established in 1951, having been relocated from Kulgun, where it was called Siloam Baptist Church. It was built from timber. It closed in 1975 and sold 1980. It was at 4725 Cunningham Highway (27.823405°S 152.6164°E / -27.823405; 152.6164 (Warrill View Baptist Church)).[9][10]

At the 2011 census the locality recorded a population of 321.[11]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Warrill View had a population of 240 people.[12]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Warrill View had a population of 203 people.[4]

Heritage listings

Warrill View has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Warrill View State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 7-19 Ipswich Street (27.8229°S 152.6160°E / -27.8229; 152.6160 (Warrill View State School)).[14][15] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 11 students with 6 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[16] In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 22 students.[17]

There are no secondary schools in Warrill View. The nearest government secondary schools are Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the north and Boonah State High School in Boonah to the south.[18]

Attractions
View towards the town as seen from Cunninghams Lookout, 2011

Cunninghams Lookout is on the knoll from which botanist Allan Cunningham named Laidley Plain (27.8223°S 152.5833°E / -27.8223; 152.5833 (Cunninghams Lookout)). It provides panoramic views. It is off to the south of Rosewood Warrill View Road.[19]

Streets in Warrill View
  • Audley St
  • Bath St
  • Cunningham Hwy
  • Harsant Rd
  • Ipswich St
  • Old Rosevale Rd
  • Rosewood Warrill View Rd
  • Service Rd
  • Stapylton Rd
  • Warrill View Peak Crossing Rd
  • Warwick St
  • Willmotts Rd

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Warrill View (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "Warrill View – town in Scenic Rim Region (entry 48197)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. "Warrill View – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 45204)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Warrill View (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. "Cunningham's Crest Lookout". LuvYaLockyer. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  6. "Laidley – population centre in the Lockyer Valley Region (entry 18796)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. "Warrill View – watercourse in the City of Ipswicch (entry 36614)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  9. Blake, Thom. "Warrill View Baptist Church". Queensland Religious Places. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  10. Google (21 July 2023). "Warrill View, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Warrill View (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  12. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warrill View (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. "Normanby Homestead (entry 600737)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  14. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  15. "Warrill View State School". Warrill View State School. 14 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  16. "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  17. "School annual report 2022" (PDF). Warrill View State School. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  18. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  19. "Tourist points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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