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Coordinates: 27°5610S 151°1650E / 27.9361°S 151.2805°E / -27.9361; 151.2805 (Domville (centre of locality))
 

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Domville
Queensland
Millmerran Power Station, 2022
Domville is located in Queensland
Domville

Domville

Coordinates27°56′10S 151°16′50E / 27.9361°S 151.2805°E / -27.9361; 151.2805 (Domville (centre of locality))
Population0 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4357
Area26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Domville:
Millmerran Millmerran Millmerran
Clontarf Domville Millmerran
Clontarf Grays Gate Grays Gate

Domville is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Domville had "no people or a very low population".[1]

Geography[edit]

Domville is about 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) south of Millmerran. The Millmerran–Inglewood Road (State Route 82) forms the north-western boundary.[3]

The north and eastern part of the locality is farmland with the Commodore Mine (27°56′12S 151°15′41E / 27.9366°S 151.2614°E / -27.9366; 151.2614 (Commodore Mine)) in the south-west of the locatity extending into neighbouring Clontarf.[4]

Immediately adjacent to the coal mine is the coal-fired Millmerran Power Station in the south of the locality (27°57′25S 151°16′48E / 27.9569°S 151.2799°E / -27.9569; 151.2799 (Millmerran Power Station)). A conveyor belt carries cola from the mine to the power station.[5][6]

Domville is part of the Balonne-Condamine drainage basin.[4]

History[edit]

Thomas Domville Taylor, circa 1862

Domville's name is from Thomas John Domville Taylor (c.1817-1889), whose sketch of Mount Domville is held by the National Library of Australia.[7] He was also the artist of a rare sketch showing an historic event, the 1843 Battle of One Tree Hill.[8][9]

Millmerran was known as Domville for five years between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894.[10]

Domville Provisional School opened on 25 January 1897. It closed and then reopened in 1903 and again in 1905 and closed finally in June 1907.[11]

A second Domville Provisional School opened on 14 May 1923 at a different location to the first school. It became Domville State School in 1930. It closed in 1954.[11]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2016 census, Domville had "no people or a very low population".[12]

In the 2021 census, Domville had "no people or a very low population".[1]

Education[edit]

There are no schools in Domville. The nearest government primary and secondary school (to Year 10) is Millmerran State School in neighbouring Millmerran to the north. The nearest government secondary school to Year 12 is Pittsworth State High School in Pittsworth to the north-west.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Domville (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  • ^ "Domville – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49602)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  • ^ Domville, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  • ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  • ^ "Landmark Areas - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  • ^ "Millmerran page at InterGen". Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • ^ Domville Taylor, Thomas John (6 September 1845). "Mount Domville, Darling Downs, Queensland" (Sketch). National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  • ^ O'Keefe, Louise (23 October 2010). "Darling Downs History on Display". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  • ^ "Mount Domville". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  • ^ Frew, Joan (1981). Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Joan Frew. p. 346. ISBN 0-9593973-0-2.
  • ^ a b Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  • ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Domville (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  • Further reading[edit]


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