15-520: Adelaide Park is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Adelaide Park had a population of 449 people. Adelaide Park is in the hinterland of the Capricorn Coast . It is bounded to the west by Limestone Creek and to the north by a line of hills approx 200 metres above sea level. Another line of hills runs from the north-west to the south-east of
30-509: Is Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
45-505: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Woodville, New South Wales Woodville is a rural suburb in the Hunter Region of New South Wales , Australia that is shared between
60-572: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
75-869: The Port Stephens and Maitland local government areas (LGA). Most of the suburb lies to the east of the Paterson River in the Port Stephens LGA while a small area of approximately 1.3 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi), to the west of the Paterson, is within the boundaries of the Maitland LGA. Woodville's primary land use is agricultural, although housing and small-acre rural residential lots are increasingly significant. Its agriculture consists mainly of broad-acre hay production, along with beef cattle grazing, turf-farming, poultry and olive production. It sits on
90-471: The 1890s and is of architectural interest. Iona School dates to 1918. Weddings and receptions are regularly held on the site which is unique in the region. Woodville was also the name of a suburb in Sydney, causing confusion until the name of Woodville in Sydney was transposed to the new name of Villawood . Hunter Valley Buses operates one bus route through Woodville: The heritage-listed Dunmore Bridge over
105-522: The Australian Heritage Database. Increasingly, traditional farms are being subdivided for semi-rural small holdings. The Woodville School of Arts dates to 1877. The Gothic Revival All Saints Church is heritage listed and was officially opened in 1864, it features impressive arched and leadlight windows following its restoration work in 1922, the Hall associated with the church was constructed in
120-515: The banks of the Paterson and Hunter rivers. Felled trees were floated down-river to timber mills in Newcastle. Woodville has some significant historical buildings, such as Dunmore House, the Woodville shop/general store is Australia's oldest continually running business still carrying on the same services it was licensed for in 1844. The homestead of the historical property Stradbroke, which is listed in
135-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
150-490: The first road to Rockhampton and then extended it to Yeppoon . In the 2016 census , Adelaide Park had a population of 424 people. In the 2021 census , Adelaide Park had a population of 449 people. There are no schools in Adelaide Park. The nearest primary school is Yeppoon State School in Yeppoon to the south-east and Farnborough State School in neighbouring Farnborough to the north-east. The nearest secondary school
165-489: The floodplains of the lower Hunter River and is subject to periodic flooding. The suburb's centre consists of only a few buildings: an old timber shop, a few houses of mixed age and design and the All Saints sandstone gothic style church. The church is now privately owned and although no longer used for religious services, the heritage listed chapel is non-denominational and available for weddings both civil and religious while
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#1732858682707180-465: The locality from about 130 metres to 340 metres at Mount Barmoya ( 23°06′20″S 150°42′36″E / 23.1055°S 150.71°E / -23.1055; 150.71 ( Mount Barmoya ) ). The locality takes its name from the Adelaide Park pastoral station that roughly occupied the land of the present day Adelaide Park locality. The land was purchased in 1868 by James and Mary Atherton who moved there in 1870. The Atherton family established
195-586: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
210-575: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
225-487: The timber hall associated with the church is now a function centre. The Woodville region was occupied originally by Aboriginal people , most likely the Worimi . It offered abundant natural resources, with rivers, extensive wetlands, lakes, open woodland and rainforest. In the early 19th century, the first Europeans known to enter the region were timber-getters seeking to exploit the extensive red cedar trees that grew on and near
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